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DIVISION    OF   VIT.\L    STATISTICS 


ANNUAL  REPORT 

ox   THE 

Vital  Statistics  of  Massachusetts 

BIRTHS,    MARRIAGES,    DIVORCES,    AND   DEATHS 

For  the  Year  ending  December  31,  1919 


PREPARED  BY 
THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE   COMMONWEALTH 


BOSTON 

WRIGHT   &   POTTER   PRINTING   CO.,  STATE   PRINTERS 

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CONTENTS 


Letter  of  srBMiTTAL, 


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EDITORIAL   REVIEW    OF   THE   VITAL    STATISTICS    OF   MASSA- 
CHUSETTS:   1919. 

I.     Birth  Statistics. 
Introduction,     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .9-14 

Birth  registration,      .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .  9,  10 

Source  of  data,            .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .          .           .           .  10,  11 

Additions  and  corrections,            .           .           .           .           .           .          .           .           .  11,  12 

Live  births,       ............  12 

Birth  rate,         ............  12 

Changes  in  the  birth  rate,                                  .           .           .           .           .           .  -        .  12,  13 

Stmbirths, 13 

Birth  rates  of  the  principal  cities,         ........  13 

Sex  proportions  at  birth,    ..........  13 

Nativity  of  parents,             .          .          .          .                    .          .          .          .          .  13,  14 

Plural  births, 14 

Natural  increase,        ...........  14 

Statistical  tables,     ...........  15-26 

Table   1.  —  Live  births,  by  sex  and  parent  nativity;    estimated  population; 

and  birth  rates  in  each  county  and  city:    1919,            .           .           .           .           .  15-21 
Table  2.  —  Live  births  by  month  of  birth  in  counties,  and  in  cities  having 

over  50,000  inhabitants  in  1915:    1919, 22 

Table  3.  —  Plural  births,  by  sex,  and  .stillbirths,  by  sex  and  parent  nativity, 

in  counties  and  in  cities  having  over  50,000  inhabitants  in  1915:    1919,          .  23 
Table  4.  —  Live  births  and  birth  rates  for  the  State  and  cities  having  over 

100,000  inhabitants  in  1915:    1871  to  1919, 24 

Table  5.  — ■  Live  births,  by  sex  and  parent  nativity,  and  sex  proportions  at 

birth:    1851  to  1919, 25 

Table  6.  —  Live  birth  rates  per  1,C00  population,  excess  of  births  over  deaths, 

natural  increase  per   1,000  population,   plural   births   (cases  of  twins  and 

triplets),  and  stillbirths  by  sex,  per  1,000  live  births,  and  sex  proportions  of 

stillborn:   1851  to  1919, 2G 


II.     IMarriage  Statistics, 
Introduction,     ..... 
Marriage  registration. 
Accuracy,  ..... 

Source  of  data,  .... 

Purpose,  marriage  requirements. 
Number  of  marriages  and  marriage  rates. 
Place  of  marriage,      .... 
Age  at  marriage,        .... 
First  marriages  and  remarriages. 
Nativity  of  persons  married, 
Months  in  which  marriages  were  solemnized 
Daily  average  of  marriages, 


29-35 

29 

29,30 

30,  31 

31,32 

32 

32,33 

33 

33,34 

34,35 

35 

35 


IV 


CONTENTS. 


[P.  D. 


Statistical  tables,     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 

Table  7.  —  Marriages,    classified    by   nativity    and    residence    of    bride    and 

groom,  in  each  county  and  municipality:    1919,  ..... 

Table  8.  —  Marriages  by  sex,  age  and  marital  condition:    1919,    . 
Table  9.  —  Marriages   by   months,   in   counties,    and   in   cities   having   over 

100,000  inhabitants:    1919, 

Table   10.  —  Marriages  in  each  county  by  sex  and  age:    1919, 

Table  11.  —  Marriages  by  sex  and  age:    1919,     ...... 

Table   12.  —  First  marriages,  by  sex  and  age:    1919,     .  .  .  .  . 

Table  13.  —  First  marriages  of  grooms  and  remarriages  of  brides,   by  age: 

1919,    

Table  14.  —  Remarriages  of  grooms  and  first  marriages  of  brides,   by  age: 

1919,    

Table   15.  —  Remarriages  of  both  parties,  by  age:    1919,       .... 
Table   16.  —  First  marriages  and  remarriages:    1919,   .  .  .  .  . 

Table   17.  —  Marriages,    marriage   rates,    and   nativity   of   persons   married: 

1870  to  1919 

Table  18.  —  Proportions  of  first  marriages  and  remarriages  per  1,000  mar- 
riages:   1901  to  1919, 

Table  19.  —  Marriages  of  bachelors,  maids,  widowers,  and  widows,  by  age: 

1904  to  1919, 

Table  20.  —  Marriages  and  marriage  rates  in  the  State,  and  in  cities  having 

over  100,000  inhabitants  in  1915:    1891  to  1919, 

Table  21.  —  Marriages  celebrated  in  each  month  and  quarter:  1910  to  1919, 


page 

36 

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-42 

43 

44 

45 

44 

45 

48 

46 

47 

47 
48 
48 

49 

50 

50,  51 

52 
53 


III.     Divorce  Statistics 
Introduction,     . 

Causes  for  divorce,    . 

Source  of  data. 

Applications  for  divorce,     . 

Contested  cases, 

Number  of  divorces. 

Divorce  rates,  . 

Party  to  which  granted,     . 

Divorces  classified  by  causes,  1860  to  1919, 

Annulment  classified  as  divorce 

Duration  of  marriages, 
Statistical  tables,     . 

Table  22.  —  Libels  for  divorces  granted,  refused,  dismissed,  contested,  and 
not  contested,  and  number  of  years  libellants  were  married,  by  statutory 
causes  and  sex  of  libellant:   The  State  —  1919 

A.  Barnstable  County, 

B.  Berkshire  County, 

C.  Bristol  County,     . 

D.  Dukes  County,     . 

E.  Essex  County, 

F.  Franklin  County, 

G.  Hampden  County, 
H.  Hampshire  County, 

I.   Middlesex  County, 

J.   Nantucket  County, 
K.   Norfolk  County,  . 
L.   Plymouth  County, 
M.   Suffolk  County,    . 
N.  Worcester  County, 


57-61 
57 

58 

58 

58 

58 

59 

59,60 

60,61 

61 

61 

62-83 


62 
63 
64 
65 
66 


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69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
76 


No.  1.] 


CONTENTS. 


Statistical  Tables  —  Concluded. 

Table  23.  —  Number  and  per  cent  of  divorces  granted  to  husbands  and  to 
wives:    1860  to  1919, 

Table  24.  —  Divorces  granted,  number  and  per  cent  increase  in  each  five- 
j^ear  period  over  preceding  five-year  period,  and  per  cent  increase  in  total 
population  over  preceding  census:    1860  to  1919,         ..... 

Table  25.  —  Comparison  of  increase  in  divorces  and  divorce  rates  with  in- 
crease in  population:    1870  to  1919,  ....... 

Table  26.  —  Divorce  rates  based  on  total  population  and  on  married  popula- 
tion:  census  years,  1870  to  1915,      ...  .  .  .  .  . 

Table  27.  —  Annual  average  number  of  divorces  in  the  State  and  in  each 
county:   census  years  1880  to  1915,.  ....... 

Table  28.  —  Divorces  granted  for  specified  causes  for  60  years:    1860  to  1919, 

Table  29. —  Statutory  causes  of  divorce:    1860  to  1919,         .  .  .  . 

Table  30. —  Apphcations  for  divorce:   1882  to  1919, 

Table  31.  —  Divorces  granted,  classified  by  cause  and  party  to  which  granted: 
1919 

Table  32.  —  Libels  for  divorce  granted  and  not  granted,  contested  and  not 
contested,  classified  by  party  to  which  granted:    1919,         .... 

Table  33.  —  Number  of  years  libellants  were  married  at  time  of  application 
for  divorce:    1882  to  1919, 


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77 


78 

79 
79 
80 
81 

82 

82 

83 


IV.     Mortality  Statistics. 
Iktroductiox,     . 

A.  General  mortality. 

Death  registration,  . 

Purpose, 

Mortality  statistics. 

Source  of  data. 

Death  rates  and  their  comparability 

Number  of  deaths  and  death  rates. 

Sex, 

Age, 

Sex  and  age,    .... 

Marital  condition,    . 

Centenarians, 

Nativity,  .... 

Seasonable  distribution  of  deaths, 

B.  Infant  mortality, 

C.  Causes  of  death, . 

Sources  of  error  in  mortality  statistics, 
Principal  causes  of  death, 

D.  Maternal  mortality, 

E.  Deaths  investigated  by  medical  examiners 

Source  of  data. 

Number  of  deaths  investigated 
Autopsies, 
Cause  of  death. 
Statistical  tables,     . 
A.    General  mortality, 

Table  34.  —  Deaths,    by  sex   and  nativity,   and   death   rates 

county  and  city:    1919 
Table  35.  —  Deaths,  by  sex  and  age,  in  each  county:    1919, 
Table  36.  —  Deaths,   by  sex  and   age 

15,000  inhabitants:    1919 

Table  37.  —  Population,  deaths,  and  death  rates  per 

1851  to  1919, 

Table  38.  —  Mortality  of  males  and  females:    1860  to  1919, 


in  municipalities  having 
1,000  popul 


each 


ation 


87-107 

87-93 

87,88 

88 

88 

88,89 

89,90 

90,91 

91 

91,92 

92 

92,93 

93 

93 

93 

93-97 

98-102 

98,99 

99-102 

102-104 

104-107 

104,  105 
105 

105,  106 

106,  107 
108-223 
108-132 

108-115 
116,  117 

118-123 

124 
125 


CONTENTS.  [P.  D. 


Statistical  tables  —  Continued.  page 

A.  General  mortality  —  Concluded. 

Table  39.  —  Deaths  at  specified  ages:   census  years  1875  to  1915,  .  126 

Table  40.  —  Per  cent  of  deaths  at  specified  ages  —  both  sexes:    1872 

to  1919, 127 

Table  41.  —  Male  deaths  per    1,000  female  deaths  at   specified  ages: 

1916  to  1919, 127 

Table  42.  —  Deaths  of  males  and  females  at  specified  ages:    1910  to 

1919, .  .  .  .  128 

Table  43.  —  Deaths  of  persons  100  years  of  age  and  over,  by  age,  sex, 
place  of  death,  place  of  birth,  marital  condition,  date  of  death,  and 
name  of  decedent:    1919 129 

Table  44,  —  Deaths  of  persons  100  years  of  age  and  over,  by  sex, 
nativity,  marital  condition,  and  age  of  oldest  decedent:  1881  to 
1919, 130 

Table  45.  —  Deaths  by  sex,  age,  and  marital  condition:    1919,     .  .  131 

Table  46.  —  Deaths  in  counties,  and  in  cities  having  over  50,000  in- 
habitants, by  months:    1919, 132 

B.  Infant  mortality,  ..........   133-151 

Table  47.  —  Live  births,  deaths  under  1  year,  infant  mortality  rates, 
and  per  cent  of  deaths  under  1  year  to  deaths  at  all  ages:  1851  to 
1919, 133 

Table  48.  —  Infant    deaths    per    1,000    live    births    in    municipalities 

having  over  15,000  inhabitants  in  1919:    1912  to  1919,       .  .  .  134 

Table  49.  —  Birth  rates,  death  rates,  natural  increase,  infant  mortality 
rates,  and  survivorship  in  municipalities  having  over  15,000  inhab- 
itants in  1919:   1919, 135 

Table  50.  —  Infant  mortality  in  Massachusetts,  Boston,  and  the  re- 
mainder of  the  State  outside  Boston:    1910  to  1919,  .  .  .  136 

Table  51.  —  Survivors  at  end  of  first  year  of  life  per  1,000  population 

and  per  1,000  live  births:    1851  to  1919, 133 

Table  52.  —  Infant  deaths  per  1,000  live  births,  by  causes:    1912  to 

1919, 137 

Table  53.  —  Deaths  under  2  years  of  age  from  diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

by  months:    1912  to  1919, 138 

Table  54.  —  Deaths  from  important  causes  for  certain  subdivisions  of 
the  first  year  of  life  for  the  State  and  for  cities  having  50,000  inhab- 
itants or  more  in  1915:   1919,  ....... 

C.  Causes  of  death, .  .......... 

Table  55.  —  Deaths  from  each  cause  and  class  of  causes,  according  to 
the  detailed  International  List,  by  months  and  sex  and  by  age  and 

sex:   1919,  

Table  56.  —  Deaths  from  important  causes  in  each  municipality:    1919, 
Table  57.  —  Deaths  from  important  causes:    1861  to  1919, 
Table  58.  —  Deaths,  death  rates  per  100,000  population,  and  per  cent 
distribution  by  each  cause  and  class  of  causes  according  to  the  abridged 

International  List:    1914  to  1919, 

Table  59.  —  Death   rates    per    100,000   population    based    on    annual 

average  number  of  deaths  for  the  five-year  period  of  which  the  census 

year  is  the  median  year:    census  years  1865  to  1915;    and  death  rates 

based  on  the  actual  number  of  deaths:    1916  to  1919,         .  .  .  210 

Table  60.  —  Deaths  produced  by  external  causes:    1902  to  1919,  .  210 

Table  61.  —  Deaths  from  cancer,  by  sex,  age,  and  marital  condition: 

1919, 211,212 


1.39- 

-151 

152- 

-212 

152- 

-181 

182- 

-203 

207 

208, 

209 

No.  1.]  CONTEXTS.  vii 

Statistical  tables  —  Concluded.  page 

D.  Maternal  mortality, 213 

Table  62.  —  Deaths  and  death  rates  per  100,000  population,  per 
100,000  female  population,  and  per  100,000  married  female  popula- 
tion 15  to  44  years  of  age,  from  diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and  con- 
finement:   1901  to  1919, 213 

Table  63.  —  Death  rates  per  10,000  confinements,  per  10,000  births, 
and  per  10,000  live  births,  from  diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and 
confinement:    1901  to  1919, 213 

E.  Deaths  investigated  by  medical  examiners,     ......   214-223 

Table  64.  —  Deaths  (inclusive  of  stillbirths)  due  to  violence  and  other 
causes,  investigated  by  medical  examiners  in  each  county,  by  causes; 
and  number  and  per  cent  of  deaths  autopsied  in  each  county:    1919,  214,  215 

Table  65.  —  Deaths  (inclusive  of  stillbirths)  due  to  violence  and  other 
causes,  investigated  by  medical  examiners,  by  causes,  sex,  and  months, 
and  by  causes,  sex,  and  age:    1919,  ......   216-223 

Table  66.  • —  Deaths  (inclusive  of  stillbirths)  investigated  and  autopsies 

made  by  medical  examiners  in  each  county:    1910  to  1919,  .  .  222,  223 

V.     Population  Statistics. 

Introductory, 227,  228 

Estimated  population,  ..........  228 

Statistical  tables,     ...........  229-236 

Table  67.  —  Population  of  Massachusetts:   census  years  1765  to  1915,             .  229 
Table  68.  —  Census  population  of  municipalities  having  over  15,000  inhab- 
itants in  1915:    1880  to  1915, 230 

Table  69.  —  Population  of  municipahties,  by  sex:    1915,  1910,  and  1905,        .  231-236 

Appendix. 
International  classification  of  causes  of  death,  ......  239-244 

1.  Detailed  International  List, 240-243 

2.  Abridged  International  List,  .........  244 


LETTER  OF  SUBMITTAL 


LETTER  OF  SUBMITTAL. 


The  Commokwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Office  of  the  Secretary,  Boston,  Jan.  15,  1921. 

To  the  Honorable  Senate  and  House  of  Re/presentatives. 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith,  as  required  by  law,  the 
seventy-eighth  annual  report  on  statistics  of  births,  marriages, 
divorces  and  deaths  in  Massachusetts,  for  the  calendar  year  1919; 
The  statistical  tables  in  this  report  were  prepared  in  the  Division 
of  Vital  Statistics,  under  the  direction  of  Agnes  E.  Kimball,  chief 
clerk  of  the  division.  The  editorial  review  and  the  method  of 
presentation  of  the  statistical  data  were  prepared  by  Harold  D. 
Wilson,  who  was  appointed  State  Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics  on 
INIay  15,  1919.  The  exhibition  of  tabular  results  is  restricted  to  such 
as  are  plainly  of  practical  utility  within  the  meaning  of  the  statute 
by  authority  of  which  the  tables  are  prepared. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

ALBERT  P.   LANGTRY, 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


EDITORIAL  REVIEW 

OF  THE 

Vital  Statistics  of  Massachusetts 

1919 


BY 

HAROLD  D.   WILSON 

State  Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics 


BIRTH  STATISTICS 


I. 

BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


PAGE 

Introduction, 9-14 

Birth  registration, 9,  10 

Source  of  data, 10,  11 

Additions  and  corrections, 11,  12 

Live  births, 12 

Birthrate, ^ 12 

Changes  in  birth  rate, 12,  13 

Stillbirths, 13 

Birth  rates,  principal  cities, 13 

Sex  proportions  at  birth, 13 

Nativity  of  parents, 13,  14 

Plural  births, 14 

Natural  increase, 14 

Statistical  tables,  1 .  15-26 

Introduction. 

Birth  Registration.  —  The  registration  of  births  presents  greater 
difficulties  than  that  of  either  marriages  or  deaths,  and  no  State 
or  city  claims  100  per  cent  birth  registration;  but  the  results  in 
Massachusetts  on  the  whole  are  quite  satisfactory,  and  generally 
considered  to  be  far  above  the  average. 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  from  1841  to  1919,  inclusive, 
4,081,063  births  have  been  reported  and  tabulated  in  this  Common- 
wealth. 

These  records  are  not  only  on  file  in  the  cities  and  towns  in  which 
they  occurred,  but  also  at  the  State  House,  where  they  are  easily 
accessible,  being  indexed  in  alphabetical  lists  of  five-year  periods. 

Physicians  and  midwives  are  required  to  report  all  births  coming 
under  their  care,  but  unfortunately  there  are  many  instances  where 
no  professional  attendance  is  employed  and  no  certificate  of  birth 
is  returned.  This  discrepancy,  in  a  measure,  is  covered  by  the  law 
requiring  all  parents  to  make  a  proper  return  of  births,  and  by  the 

1  For  a  list  of  the  tables  on  birth  statistics,  see  page  iii. 


10  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

law  requiring  each  city  and  town  clerk  in  Massachusetts  annually 
in  January  to  ascertain  the  facts  required  for  record  relative  to  all 
children  born  during  the  preceding  year  and  resident  in  their  city 
or  town. 

These  returns  are  checked  with  those  already  on  file,  and  copies 
of  births  occurring  elsewhere,  the  parents  having  moved  during  the 
year,  are  forthwith  sent  to  the  place  of  birth. 

This  annual  canvass  has  proved  an  important  factor  in  checking 
up  those  delinquent  in  the  reporting  of  births. 

Since  the  establishment  of  the  office  of  State  Registrar  of  Vital 
Statistics,  by  act  of  the  1918  Legislature,  a  systematic  campaign 
has  been  carried  on  to  obtain  prompt  and  absolute  compliance 
with  the  birth  registration  laws. 

Complete  and  authentic  birth  records  are  of  the  utmost  importance 
in  all  questions  relating  to  heredity,  property  rights,  identity,  etc. 
No  child  labor  law  is  of  value  unless  it  rests  on  a  system  of  birth 
registration,  by  which  the  child  and  the  parent  can  be  required  to 
produce  positive  proof  of  the  age  of  the  child.  Laws  cannot  be 
enforced  where  the  question  of  age  depends  on  the  statement  of 
interested  parties  rather  than  on  oflBcial  records. 

The  registration  of  births  is  intended  to  serve  three  purposes:  (1) 
to  identify  the  child  and  to  establish  its  age  and  parentage;  (2) 
to  enable  the  community  to  guard  the  newly  born  baby  against 
blindness  and  those  diseases  which  carry  oft'  so  many  babies  in  the 
first  year  of  life  and  leave  so  many  crippled,  maimed,  and  deformed; 
and  (3)  to  furnish  statistical  data. 

Source  of  Data.  —  The  birth  statistics  presented  in  this  report 
are  compiled  from  the  certified  copies  of  the  records  of  births  re- 
corded in  each  city  and  town  and  transmitted  annually  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth.  The  original  information  from 
which  birth  statistics  are  derived  is  obtained  from  physicians, 
midwives,  superintendents  of  hospitals  and  institutions,  parents, 
householders,  and  birth  canvassers. 

The  majority  of  such  records  are  secured  from  physicians,  who 
are  required  by  law  to  keep  a  record  of  the  birth  of  every  child  in 
cases  of  which  they  were  in  charge,  and,  within  fifteen  days  after 
the  birth,  mail  or  deliver  to  the  clerk  of  the  city  or  town  in  which 
the  birth  occurred  a  copy  of  this  record,  which  shall  contain  the 
date  and  place,  the  name,  if  any,  of  the  child,  its  sex  and  color, 


No.  1.]  BIRTH  STATISTICS.  11 

and  the  names,  ages,  places  of  birth,  occupations  and  residence  of 
the  parents,  giving  the  street  name  if  there  be  any,  and  the  number 
of  the  ward  in  a  city,  the  maiden  name  of  the  mother,  and  whether 
or  not  the  physician  or  midwife  signing  the  birth  return  personally 
attended  the  birth. 

Additions  and  Corrections.  —  In  spite  of  every  precaution  errors 
are  found  in  birth  returns,  due  to  the  inability  of  attending  physi- 
cians to  obtain  proper  data  from  the  parents,  carelessness  on  the 
part  of  parents  or  physicians  in  supplying  correct  information,  and, 
in  some  instances,  failure  on  the  part  of  those  responsible  for  birth 
registration  to  make  any  return. 

In  order  to  protect  the  innocent  party  (the  child)  in  this  failure 
to  make  a  satisfactory  birth  record,  the  Commonwealth  has  wisely 
provided  a  method  for  the  correcting  of  existing  records  and  for  the 
filing  of  delayed  returns. 

The  law  in  question,  section  13,  chapter  46,  General  Laws,  reads 
as  follows :  — 

If  the  record  relating  to  a  birth,  marriage  or  death  does  not  contain  all  the 
required  facts,  or  if  it  is  claimed  that  the  facts  are  not  correctly  stated  therein, 
the  town  clerk  shall  recei^'e  an  affidavit  containing  the  facts  required  for  record, 
if  made  by  a  person  required  by  law  to  furnish  the  information  for  the  original 
record,  or,  at  the  discretion  of  the  town  clerk,  by  credible  persons  having  knowl- 
edge of  the  case.  He  shall  file  such  affidavit  and  record  it  in  a  separate  book 
kept  therefor,  "wdth  the  name  and  residence  of  the  deponent  and  the  date  of  such 
record,  and  shall  thereupon  draw  a  line  through  the  incorrect  statements  with- 
out erasing  them,  shall  enter  upon  the  original  record  the  facts  required  to 
amend  the  record  and  forthwith,  if  a  copy  of  the  record  has  been  sent  to  the 
state  secretary,  shall  forward  to  him  a  certified  copy  of  the  corrected  record 
upon  blanks  to  be  provided  by  him  and  he  shall  thereupon  amend  the  record  in 
his  office  and  state  in  the  margin  thereof  his  authority  therefor.  Reference  to 
the  record  of  the  affidavit  shall  be  made  by  the  clerk  on  the  margin  of  the  original 
record.  If  the  clerk  furnishes  a  copy  of  such  record,  he  shall  certify  to  the  facts 
contained  therein  as  amended,  and  shall  state  that  the  certificate  is  issued  under 
this  section,  a  copy  of  which  shall  be  printed  on  every  such  certificate.  Such 
affidavit,  or  a  certified  copy  of  the  record  of  any  other  town  or  of  a  written 
statement  made  at  the  time  by  any  person  since  deceased  required  by  law  to 
furnish  evidence  thereof,  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  clerk,  be  made  the  basis 
for  the  record  of  a  birth,  marriage  or  death  not  previously  recorded,  and  such 
copy  of  record  may  also  be  made  the  basis  for  completing  the  record  of  a  birth, 
marriage  or  death  not  containing  all  the  required  facts. 


12  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  I). 

Deposition  blanks  have  been  prepared  for  the  amending  of 
existing  records  or  for  delayed  returns,  and  many  such  corrections 
and  additions  are  filed  each  year.  These  are  bound  in  separate 
volumes,  and  indexed  to  show  that  they  are  additions  and  correc- 
tions to  births,  made  in  compliance  with  section  13,  chapter  46, 
General  Laws. 

It  has  always  been  the  policy  of  this  office  to  favor  acceptance 
of  proper  birth  depositions  furnished  by  responsible  persons  on  the 
ground  that  the  person  with  an  incomplete  birth  record  is  in  no 
way  responsible  for  the  discrepancy. 

The  annual  canvass  is  an  important  factor  in  eliminating  errors 
from  physicians'  returns  of  births,  and  many  cities  and  towns  in 
Massachusetts  are  guarding  against  such  errors  by  sending  an 
exact  copy  of  the  physician's  return  to  the  parents  for  their  ap- 
proval; and  when  the  certificate  is  returned  properly  signed  by  a 
parent,  it  is  filed  with  the  physician's  certificate.  Birth  records 
authenticated  by  the  signature  of  a  parent,  of  course  are  not  subject 
to  change  by  deposition  at  some  later  date. 

As  previously  stated,  many  cities  and  towns  have  already  adopted 
this  follow-up  system,  and  an  attempt  is  being  made  to  institute 
this  method  throughout  Massachusetts. 

Live  Births.  —  In  the  Commonwealth  in  1919  there  were  87,827 
live  births,  a  decrease  of  7,780,  or  8.1  per  cent,  as  compared  with 
the  number  registered  in  1918.  There  was  a  decrease  in  1919  of 
4,225,  or  9.7  per  cent,  in  the  number  of  babies  born  to  foreign- 
born  parents.  The  number  of  babies  born  to  native  parents  show 
a  decrease  of  2,618,  or  7.3  per  cent,  as  compared  with  1918,  while 
the  births  among  the  mixed  parents,  namely,  one  parent  native,  the 
other  foreign-born,  decreased  by  920,  or  5.7  per  cent. 

Birth  Rnte.  —  In  proportion  to  the  total  population,  the  total  live 
births  were  equivalent  to  a  rate  of  22.9  per  1,000  population.  This 
was  1.6  per  1,000  lower  than  that  recorded  in  1918,  and  2.1  per 
1,000  below  the  average  for  the  last  five  years. 

Changes  in  Birth  Rate.  —  The  birth  rate  for  the  Commonwealth 
attained  the  highest  point  on  record,  30.2,  in  the  year  1857.  Since 
then  the  rate,  although  fluctuating  considerably,  has  shown  a  con- 
siderable decline,  notwithstanding  an  improvement  in  the  registra- 
tion. Although  the  birth  rate  has  been  smaller  in  recent  years,  the 
infant  death  rate  has  also  declined,  so  that  the  number  of  babies 


No.  1.]  BIRTH  STATISTICS.  13 

who  survive  the  dangers  of  infancy  is  becoming  steadily  greater. 
This  fact  is  strikingly  shown  in  the  infant  mortality  tables.  A 
comparison  of  these  tables  with  the  birth  rate  shown  in  Table  6 
shows  that  while  the  birth  rate  per  1,000  population  declined  from 
28.1  in  1851  to  22.9  in  1919,  the  number  of  babies  per  1,000  born 
alive  who  reached  their  first  birthday  increased  from  867  in  1851 
to  912  in  1919.  Thus  the  decline  in  the  birth  rate  during  this 
sixty-nine  year  period  has  been  neutralized  to  a  considerable  extent 
by  the  conservation  of  infant  life  in  recent  years. 

Stillbirths.  —  Stillbirths  registered  in  1919  numbered  3,092,  a 
decrease  of  687,  or  18.2  per  cent,  as  compared  with  1918.  The 
rate  per  1,000  live  births  was  35.2  in  1919,  39.5  in  1918,  34.7  in 
1917,  and  35.3,  in  1916. 

Birth  Rates,  Principal  Cities.  —  The  seven  municipalities  having 
25,000  inhabitants  or  more  showing  the  highest  birth  rates  in  1919 
are:  Chelsea,  31.5;  Chicopee,  28.8;  Fall  River,  28.3;  New  Bedford, 
28.2;    Lowell,  27.3;    Fitchburg,  26.3;    and  Holyoke,  26.3. 

The  city  of  Fall  River  has  the  largest  birth  rate  (28.3)  of  any 
place  in  the  State  of  over  100,000  population.  High  birth  rates, 
however,  do  not  necessarily  indicate  satisfactory  increases  in  popu- 
lation, since  high  rates  of  infant  and  childhood  mortality  may 
nullify  the  effects  of  high  birth  rates. 

Variations  in  the  birth  rates  of  different  communities  may  be 
partially  accounted  for  by  differences  in  the  proportions  of  married 
women  of  child-bearing  age  residing  therein,  and  by  the  presence 
of  hospitals  to  which  expectant  mothers  go  from  neighboring  cities 
and  towns  in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the  best  medical  advice 
and  obstetrical  care  during  pregnancy  and  childbirth. 

Sex  Proportions  at  Birth.  —  It  has  never  been  determined  whether 
or  not  the  higher  proportion  of  mascuHne  than  of  feminine  births 
is  the  result  of  definite  causes  or  not.  The  fact  remains  that  this 
phenomenon  is  invariably  true.  Births  of  males  in  1919  numbered 
44,713  and  those  of  females  43,113,  corresponding  to  a  ratio  of 
1,037  male  births  to  1,000  female  births. 

Among  the  stillborn,  the  ratio  in  1919  was  1,314  males  per  1,000 
females.  Since  1851  the  extreme  range  of  masculinity  has  been 
from  1,842  males  per  1,000  females  in  1857  to  1,171  males  per 
1,000  females  in  1901. 

Natitity  of  Parents.  —  The  number-  of  births  where  both  parents 


14  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

were  foreign-born  (39,194)  exceeded  the  number  of  births  where 
both  parents  were  native  (33,295)  by  5,899,  or  17.7  per  cent,  in 
1919,  as  compared  with  7,506,  or  20.9  per  cent,  in  1918.  Children 
born  of  mixed  parents  (one  parent  native  and  one  parent  foreign- 
born)  numbered  15,302  in  1919,  as  compared  with  16,222  in  1918. 

The  proportion  of  children  born  of  native  parents  declined  from 
1890  until  about  1910,  since  when  the  proportion  has  steadily 
increased.     In  1919  the  proportion  was  37.9  per  cent. 

The  proportion  of  children  born  of  parents  one  of  whom  was 
native  and  the  other  foreign-born  was  17.4  in  1919,  as  compared  with 
17  in  1918.  The  number  of  children  born  of  parents  whose  nativity 
was  not  reported  on  the  birth  certificate  was  only  36  in  1919,  the 
lowest  number  for  any  year  since  the  first  compilation  of  birth 
statistics. 

Plural  Births.  —  In  1919  there  were  993  plural  births,  986  pairs 
of  twins,  and  7  cases  of  triplets,  or  11  pairs  of  twins  per  1,000  live 
births,  and  8  cases  of  triplets  per  100,000  live  births. 

Natural  Increase.  —  The  excess  of  the  birth  rate  over  the  death 
rate  shows  the  ratio  at  which  the  community  is  reproducing  itself 
by  natural  increases.  In  every  year  since  the  compilation  of  birth 
statistics  was  started  the  birth  rate  has  been  higher  than  the  death 
rate. 

In  1919  the  natural  increase  amounted  to  9.3  per  1,000  population, 
as  compared  with  4.3  in  1918,  and  an  average  of  10.5  for  the  five 
years  1913  to  1917.  Comparisons  of  the  natural  increase  from  1851 
to  1919  cannot  be  made  with  absolute  accuracy  from  the  data 
shown  in  Table  6  on  account  of  the  defective  birth  registration  in 
the  earlier  years.  The  figures  presented  in  this  table  indicate  a 
considerable  fluctuation  in  the  natural  increase,  the  lowest  rate 
being  1.4,  in  1864,  and  the  highest,  12,  in  1857  and  1859. 

Notwithstanding  the  decline  in  the  birth  rate  in  recent  years,  the 
number  of  births  is  greatly  in  excess  of  the  number  of  deaths,  and 
this  fact,  coupled  with  the  steady  decrease  in  infant  mortality,  has 
resulted  in  a  net  gain  in  the  natural  increase  in  population.  The 
excess  of  births  over  deaths  amounts  to  67.8  per  cent  in  1919,  as 
compared  with  21.3  per  cent  in  1918,  69.1  per  cent  in  1917,  65.9 
per  cent  in  1916,  and  43  per  cent  in  1915.  Since  1881  the  natural 
increase  has  more  than  doubled. 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


15 


STATISTICAL  TABLES. 


Table  1 

Live  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity; 

Population;!  and 

Birth  Rates^  in  Each  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 

1 

1 

parent  nativity.          I 

Popula- 

Birth 

Counties  and 

. 

i 

Municipalities. 

Total 

. 

iesS-    • 

per 

num- 
ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

c 
a 

Na- 
tive. 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

o 
c 

mated, 
July  1, 

1,000 
lation. 

a 

c 

0 

1919). 

The  State. 

87,827 

44,713 

43,113 

1 

33,295 

39,194 

15,302 

36 

3,835,614 

22.9 

Counties. 

Barnstable  County,    . 

464 

233 

231 

- 

229 

146 

88 

1 

26,896 

17.3 

Berkshire  County, 

2,390 

1,234 

1,156 

- 

1.205 

837 

348 

- 

113,209 

21.1 

Bristol  County, 

9,250 

4,741 

4,509 

- 

2,529 

4,984 

1,735 

2 

357,738 

25.9 

Dukes  County, 

77 

35 

42 

_ 

44 

11 

22 

- 

4,428 

17.4 

Essex  County,    . 

10,137 

5,132 

5,005 

- 

3,729 

4,569 

1,833 

6 

480,209 

21.1 

Franklin  County, 

1,107 

569 

538 

_ 

588 

396 

123 

- 

49,245 

22.5 

Hampden  County,     . 

7,649 

3,967 

3,682- 

- 

2,847 

3,567 

1,232 

3 

296,372 

25.8 

Hampshire  County,  . 

1,577 

789 

788 

- 

563 

817 

196 

1 

69,594 

22.7 

Middlesex  County,     . 

16,939 

8,628 

8,311 

_ 

6,941 

6,743 

3,245 

10 

773,644 

21.9 

Nantucket  County,  . 

54  1 

31 

23 

- 

33 

6 

15 

- 

2,836 

19.0 

Norfolk  County, 

3,736 

1,913 

1,823 

_ 

1.507 

1,515 

711 

3 

217,273 

17.2 

Plymouth  County,     . 

2,879 

1,486 

1,393 

- 

1,353 

1,0.39 

486 

1 

157,003 

18.3 

Suffolk  County, 

21,003  j 

10,602 

10,401 

7,605 

9,906 

3,486 

6 

834,604 

25.2 

Worcester  County,      . 

10,565 

5,353 

5,211 

1 

4,122 

4,658 

1,782 

3 

452,563 

23.3 

Municipalities.  3 

Abington,   .... 

80 

46 

34 

- 

47 

25 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Acton, 

19 

10 

9 

- 

10 

5 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Acushnet,   . 

78 

42 

36 

_ 

19 

43 

16 

- 

- 

- 

Adams, 

355 

188 

167 

_ 

104 

185 

66 

- 

- 

- 

Agawam,     . 

90 

50 

40 

- 

29 

46 

15 

- 

- 

- 

Alford, 

3 

2 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Amesbury, 

134 

56 

78 

_ 

63 

49 

22 

- 

- 

- 

Amherst,     . 

76 

36 

40 

_ 

48 

20 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Andover,     . 

129 

69 

60 

_ 

46 

50 

33 

- 

- 

- 

Arlington,  . 

322 

166 

156 

- 

180 

81 

61 

- 

- 

- 

Ashburnham, 

27 

13 

14 

_ 

17 

8 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Ashby, 

17 

9 

8 

- 

7 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Ashfield,     . 

14 

8 

6 

_ 

12 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Ashland,     . 

28 

13 

15 

- 

13 

10 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Athol, 

210 

99 

111 

- 

102 

74 

34 

- 

- 

- 

Attleboro, 

434 

239 

195 

_ 

201 

120 

113 

_ 

19,599 

22.1 

Auburn, 

76 

43 

33 

_ 

41 

21 

14 

- 

- 

- 

Avon, 

29 

18 

11 

_ 

21 

4 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Ayer,  . 

39 

24 

15 

_ 

19 

9 

11 

- 

- 

- 

Barnstable, 

88 

40 

48 

- 

37 

32 

19 

- 

- 

- 

Barre, 

82 

39 

43 

_ 

16 

52 

14 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Becket, 

10 

6 

4 

_ 

8 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Bedford,      . 

11 

5 

6 

_ 

6 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Belchertown, 

32 

14 

18 

_ 

14 

13 

5 

- 

- 

- 

BelUngham, 

•      48 

21 

27 

- 

20 

16 

12 

- 

- 

- 

Belmont,     . 

120 

64 

56 

_ 

51 

51 

18 

_ 

_ 

- 

Berkley,      . 

10 

5 

5 

_ 

6 

3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Berlin, 

12 

9 

3 

- 

*6 

1 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Bernardston, 

8 

2 

6 

_ 

6 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Beverly,    . 

438 

221 

217 

_ 

207 

151 

80 

- 

22,603 

19.4 

Billerica,      . 

72 

43 

29 

35 

15 

21 

1 

_ 

_ 

Blackstone, 

85 

44 

41 

25 

38 

22 

- 

- 

- 

Blandford, 

13 

6 

7 

11 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Bolton, 

3 

1 

2 

2 

1 

_ 

- 

_ 

Boston,      . 

18,799 

9,498 

9,301 

z 

7,014 

8,622 

3,158 

5 

747,784 

25.1 

1  Estimated  population,  as  of  July  1,  1919,  is  given  for  the  State  and  counties  and  for  municipalities 
having  15,000  or  more  inhabitants. 

-  All  birth  rates  are  based  upon  the  total  number  of  live  births,  including  births  in  hospitals  and 
institutions,  and  the  total  population.  No  allowances  have  been  made  for  differences  in  the  sex  and  age- 
distribution  of  the  population. 

3  Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


16 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  1 


Municipalities.  5 


Bourne, 
Boxborough, 
Boxford, 
Boy  1st  on,    . 
Braintree,   . 

Brewster,    . 
Bridgewater, 
Brimfield,  . 
Brocktox, 
Brookfield, 

Brookline,  . 
Buckland,  . 
Burlington, 
Cambridge, 
Canton, 

Carlisle,       , 
Carver, 
Charlemont, 
Charlton,    . 
Chatham,   . 

Chelmsford, 

Chelsea,    . 
Cheshire,     . 
Chester, 
Chesterfield, 

Chicopee,  . 
Chilmark,  . 
Clarksburg-, 
Clinton, 
Cohasset,    . 

Colrain, 
Concord,     . 
Conway, 
Cummington, 
Dalton, 

Dana, 
Danvers,     . 
Dartmouth, 
Dedham,     . 
Deerfield,    . 

Dennis, 
Dighton,     . 
Douglas, 
Dover, 
Dracut, 

Dudley, 
Dunstable, 
Duxbury,   . 
East  Bridgewater, 
East  Longmeadow, 

Eastham,    . 
East  ham  pton, 
Easton, 
Edgartown, 
Egremont, 


Live  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity;  Population;!  and 
Birth  Rates 2  in  Each  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 


Total 
num- 
ber. 


10 

156 

7 

1,422 

42 

302 

25 

14 

2,757 


20 
10 
24 
20 

106 

1,363 

32 

22 


1,026 
3 

19 
347 
41 

24 

142 

15 

7 

37 


139 

129 

258 

67 

18 

65 

61 

5 

133 

126 
5 

26 
43 
39 

6 
358 

68 
23 

7 


Male. 


18 
3 
3 
2 
104 


4 

732 

18 

145 

13 

10 

1,387 

53 

3 
10 

5 
12 
12 

55 

680 

16 

15 

3 

522 


15 

64 
9 
5 

18 

3 

67 
65 
115 
37 

10 
34 
29 
3 
74 


2 
12 

27 
21 

4 

180 

41 

12 

4 


Fe- 
male. 


3 
690 
24 

157 

12 

4 

1,370 

45 


51 
683 

16 
7 
3 

504 
3 
9 

179 
18 


143 
30 


178 

27 

11 

3 


parent  nativity. 


Na- 
tive. 


42 

6 

662 

24 

144 

17 

7 

1,010 

44 

4 
7 
8 
15 
16 

43 

295 

18 

14 

4 

173 
2 

11 
137 

23 

17 

71 

15 

6 

26 


For- 
eign. 


Mixed. 


84 


532 
11 


101 
3 


,303 
37 


664 

3 

155 

12 


45 
68 
114 
52 

2 
22 
43 

2 
52 


232 
32 

2 
1 


45 

2 

29 

1 

228 

7 

55 

5 

1 

442 

17 


3 
3 

32 
176 

1 


189 

1 

5 

55 


Popula- 
tion 
(esti- 
mated, 
July  1, 
1919). 


65,837 
37,300 
109,602 


43,209 


35,574 


Birth 
rate 
per 
1,000 
popu- 
lation. 


21.6 

8.1 

25.2 


31.5 


28.8 


See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


17 


Table  1 

Ln 

-E  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity;  Population;!  and 

Birth  Rates ^  in  Each  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 

Total 

SEX.                      [ 

parent  nativity.          I 

Popula- 
tion 

Birth 

Municipalities.  ^ 

c 

c 

rate 

^ 

^ 

(esti- 

per 

num- 
ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

n 

Na- 
tive. 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

mated, 
July  1, 
1919). 

1,000 
popu- 
lation . 

Enfield 

12 

10 

2 

- 

6 

2 

4 

_ 

. 

Erving,        . 

17 

4 

13 

- 

5 

6 

6 

- 

- 

_ 

Essex,          .... 

12 

7 

5 

_  ' 

7 

1 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

Everett,    .... 

854 

434 

420 

_  ! 

334 

352 

168 

- 

39,867 

21.4 

Fair  haven, 

143 

68 

75 

-  1 

31 

80 

32 

- 

- 

- 

Fall  River, 

3,421 

1,748 

1,673 

_ 

969 

1,818 

633 

1 

120,938 

28.3 

Falmouth, 

72 

42 

30 

- 

18 

42 

12 

- 

- 

- 

FiTCHBURG, 

1,075 

572 

503 

- 

369 

500 

206 

- 

40,884 

26.3 

Florida,       .... 

4 

2 

2 

_ 

2 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

Foxborough, 

55 

31 

24 

- 

20 

14 

21 

- 

- 

- 

Framingham, 

447 

230 

217 

_ 

203 

180 

64 

_ 

16,910 

26.4 

Franklin,    .... 

133 

67 

66 

_  i 

57 

49 

27 

_ 

- 

- 

Freetown,   .... 

26 

13 

13 

_ 

18 

7 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Gardner,     .... 

393 

202 

191 

_ 

124 

220 

49 

- 

16,908 

23.2 

Gay  Head, 

2 

2 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Georgetown, 

29 

10 

19 

_ 

22 

3 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Gill 

16 

7 

9 

_ 

6 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Gloucester,      . 

461 

241 

220 

_ 

175 

171 

115 

_ 

23,108 

19.9 

Goshen,       .... 

10 

4 

6 

- 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Gosnold,     .... 

- 

- ! 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Grafton,      .... 

122 

52 

70 

44 

56 

22 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Granby 

11 

7 

4 

- 

3 

4 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Granville 

13 

5 

8 

- 

12 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Great  Barrington, 

154 

78 

76 

- 

80 

62 

12 

- 

- 

- 

Greenfield, 

368 

192 

176 

- 

222 

105 

41 

- 

- 

- 

Greenwich, 

3 

1 

2 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Groton,        .... 

41 

21 

20 

_ 

23 

5 

13 

~ 

_ 

- 

Groveland, 

27 

13 

14 

19 

5 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

Hadley 

101 

52 

49 

- 

7 

91 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

Halifax,       .... 

11 

6 

5 

~ 

7 

2 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

Hamilton 

22 

11 

11 

_ 

12 

5 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Hampden, 

5 

2 

3 

- 

1 

3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Hancock,    .... 

3 

2 

1 

_ 

3 

- 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

Hanover,     .... 

31 

19 

12 

- 

17 

10 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Hanson,      .... 

45 

21 

24 

- 

23 

11 

11 

- 

- 

- 

Hardwick,  .... 

52 

20 

32 

_ 

•  7 

40 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Harvard,     .... 

9 

6 

3 

_ 

7 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Harwich,     .... 

43 

19 

24 

_ 

18 

17 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Hatfield,     .... 

87 

45 

42 

_ 

11 

68 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Haverhill, 

1,108 

594 

514 

- 

486 

407 

215 

- 

53,417 

20.7 

Hawley 

5 

3 

2 

■" 

4 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Heath 

8 

4 

4 

6 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Hingham,   .... 

76 

34 

42 

_ 

47 

14 

15 

_ 

_ 

- 

Hinsdale,    .... 

14 

7 

7 

_ 

9 

4 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

Holbrook,  .... 

49 

33 

16 

- 

30 

7 

12 

- 

- 

- 

Holden,       .... 

67 

33 

34 

_ 

39 

23 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Holland 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

Holliston,   .... 

36 

18 

18 

_ 

19 

9 

8 

- 

- 

- 

HOLYOKE,    .... 

1,583 

818 

765 

_ 

556 

705 

322 

- 

60,268 

26.3 

Hopedale 

26 

13 

13 

- 

9 

13 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Hopkinton, 
Hubbardston,     . 

17 

7 

10 

_ 

12 

3 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

10 

4 

6 

_ 

5 

3 

2 

- 

_ 

- 

Hudson,      .... 

140 

72 

68 

_ 

45 

80 

15 

- 

- 

- 

Hull, 

32 

13 

19 

_ 

17 

8 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Huntington, 

34 

21 

13 

~ 

25 

2 

7 

■ 

" 

" 

See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


18 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  1 

Liv 

E  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity;  Population:!  and 

Birth 

Rates-  in  E.^ch  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 

Total 

SEX. 

parent  nativity. 

Popula- 
tion 

Birth 

MUXICIPALITIES.  3 

c 

a 

rate 

^ 

'     (esti- 

per 

num- 
ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

c 

Na- 
tive. 

i 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

o 

c 

mated, 
July  1, 
1919). 

1,000 
popu- 
lation. 

Ipswich 

190 

89 

101 

36 

129 

25 

Kingston 

23 

1         10 

13 

_ 

9 

8 

6 

_ 

_ 

_ 

T,akeville 

28 

13 

15 

_ 

22 

3 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lancaster 

22 

17 

5 

_ 

15 

2 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lanesborough,    . 

4 

2 

2 

- 

3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Lawrence, 

2,406 

1,198 

1,208 

_ 

480 

1,560 

366 

_ 

93.848 

25.6 

Lee 

67 

37 

30 

_ 

32 

28 

7 

_ 

Leicester,    .... 

51 

22 

29 

_ 

30 

11 

10 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lenox 

29 

1         15 

14 

- 

17 

10 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

Leominster,      . 

441 

217 

224 

- 

186 

175 

80 

- 

19,523 

22.6 

Leverett,     .... 

17 

3 

14 

_ 

15 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lexington, 

99 

47 

52 

_ 

37 

39 

23 

_ 

_ 

- 

Leyden 

2 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lincoln,       .... 

5 

3 

2 

_ 

3 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Littleton 

21 

11 

10 

- 

13 

7 

1 

- 

1 

- 

Longmeadow,     . 

19 

10 

9 

_ 

14 

1 

J 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lowell 

3,064 

1,559 

1,505 

_ 

967 

1,417 

675 

5 

112,256 

27.3 

Ludlow,      .... 

353 

184 

169 

_ 

67 

249 

37 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Lunenburg, 

18 

9 

9 

_ 

13 

4 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

Lynn,         .... 

1,935 

1,001 

934 

- 

799 

755 

375 

6 

98,796 

19.6 

Lynnfield 

10 

4 

6 

_ 

5 

1 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Malden 

1,019 

502 

517 

_ 

387 

430 

202 

_ 

49,082 

20.8 

Manchester, 

22 

8 

14 

_ 

8 

11 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Mansfield 

115 

60 

55 

_ 

48 

51 

16 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Marblehead, 

96 

52 

44 

- 

66 

8 

22 

- 

- 

- 

Marion 

23 

11 

12 

_ 

13 

9 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Marlborough, 

360 

176 

184 

_ 

199 

111 

50 

_ 

15,051 

23.9 

Marshfield, 

11 

6 

5 

_ 

6 

1 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Mashpee,     .... 

5 

3 

2 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

- 

Mattapoisett,      . 

21 

14 

7 

- 

12 

7 

2 

- 

- 

- 

MajTiard,    .... 

149 

76 

73 

_ 

13 

114 

22 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Medfield,     .... 

18 

10 

8 

_ 

8 

6 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Medford,  .         . 

755 

388 

367 

_ 

414 

176 

165 

_ 

38,140 

19.8 

Medway,     .... 

24 

8 

16 

_ 

10 

11 

3 

_ 

Melrose,  .... 

389 

203 

186 

- 

219 

80 

90 

- 

18,065 

21.5 

Mendon,      .... 

7 

2 

5 

_ 

5 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Merrimac 

22 

8 

14 

_ 

15 

4 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Methuen, 

332 

167 

165 

_ 

123 

141 

68 

_ 

15,065 

22.0 

Middleborough, 

147 

75 

72 

_ 

71 

45 

31 

_ 

Middlefield, 

5 

2 

3 

- 

2 

3 

- 

- 

Middleton, 

8 

4 

4 

_ 

4 

2 

2 

_ 

" 

_ 

Milford,       .... 

393 

194 

199 

_ 

129 

209 

54 

1 

- 

Millbury 

166 

91 

75 

_ 

107 

33 

26 

- 

~ 

- 

Millis 

12 

6 

6 

_ 

5 

6 

1 

_ 

- 

Milhille 

41 

19 

22 

- 

12 

26 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Milton 

198 

91 

107 

_ 

115 

50 

33 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Monroe 

4 

3 

1 

_ 

2 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

Monson 

41 

99 

19 

_ 

26 

12 

3 

_ 

_ 

- 

Montague 

233 

121 

112 

_ 

105 

100 

28 

- 

- 

Monterey,  .... 

3 

4 

- 

6 

1 

- 

- 

Montgomery, 

Mount  Washington,    . 

5 

1 

4 

_ 

4 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Nahant 

11 

7 

4 

_ 

8 

2 

1 

_ 

- 

- 

Nantucket, 

54 

31 

23 

_ 

33 

6 

15 

_ 

- 

_ 

Natick,    s  . 

264 

127 

137 

- 

140 

58 

66 

- 

- 

~ 

See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


19 


Liv 

E  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity;  Population;!  and 

Table  1 

Birth  Rates 2  in  Each  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 

1 
Total 

SEX. 

PARENT   NATIVITY. 

Popula- 
tion 

("esti- 

Birth 

Municipalities.  3 

a 

rate 
per 

num- 
ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

c 
a 

Na- 
tive. 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

0 

a 

c 

mated, 
July  1, 

1919). 

1,000 
popu- 
lation. 

Needham 

115 

51 

64 

_ 

49 

43 

23 

- 

_ 

_ 

New  Ashford, 

2 

1 

1 

_ 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

New  Bedford, 

3,386 

1,716 

1,670 

- 

635 

2,132 

619 

- 

119,991 

28.2 

New  Braintree,  . 

10 

6 

4 

- 

6 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

New  Marlborough,     . 

16 

8 

8 

- 

11 

3 

2 

~ 

~ 

~ 

New  Salem, 

9 

5 

4 

_ 

7 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Newbury,   .... 

21 

8 

13 

- 

17 

1 

3 

- 

- 

-  - 

Newburyport, 

389 

189 

200 

_ 

225 

106 

58 

- 

15,586 

25.0 

Newton 

810 

445 

365 

- 

413 

247 

149 

1 

45,744 

17.7 

Norfolk 

15 

9 

6 

- 

8 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

North  Adams, 

442 

241 

201 

_ 

228 

121 

93 

_ 

22,256 

19.9 

North  Andover, 

108 

51 

57 

- 

40 

40 

28 

- 

- 

- 

North  Attleborough, 

128 

68 

60 

- 

65 

32 

31 

- 

- 

- 

North  Brookfield,       . 

40 

20 

20 

- 

26 

9 

5 

- 

- 

- 

North  Reading, 

13 

7 

6 

- 

6 

2 

5 

- 

- 

~ 

Northampton,  . 

455 

226 

229 

_ 

222 

178 

55 

- 

21,920 

20.8 

Northborough,   . 

15 

9 

6 

- 

9 

4 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Northbridge, 

254 

127 

127 

- 

78 

111 

65 

- 

- 

- 

Northfield, 

29 

13 

16 

- 

19 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Norton,       .... 

38 

23 

15 

- 

11 

20 

7 

- 

~ 

~ 

Nor  well,      .... 

12 

5 

7 

_ 

10 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Norwood 

374 

203 

171 

- 

108 

221 

45 

- 

- 

- 

Oak  Bluffs, 

26 

14 

12 

18 

1 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Oakham,     .... 

12 

1 

11 

- 

6 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Orange,       .... 

81 

45 

36 

- 

49 

17 

15 

- 

~ 

~ 

Orleans 

13 

7 

6 

- 

12 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Otis 

1 

_ 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Oxford 

72 

40 

32 

_ 

38 

15 

19 

- 

- 

- 

Palmer 

322 

171 

151 

- 

81 

206 

35 

- 

- 

- 

Paxton,        .... 

13 

5 

8 

- 

6 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Peabody,  .... 

579 

310 

269 

_ 

170 

340 

69 

- 

19,454 

29.8 

Pelham 

5 

4 

1 

_ 

4 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Pembroke, 

26 

14 

12 

- 

14 

7 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Pepperell 

34 

17 

17 

- 

20 

7 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Peru 

5 

' 

2 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

1             - 

~ 

Petersham, 

8 

4 

4 

_ 

8 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Phillipston, 

6 

2 

4 

- 

4 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Pittsfield, 

1,025 

509 

516 

- 

534 

366 

125 

- 

41,536 

24.7 

Plainfield 

2 

1 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Plainville,  .... 

19 

6 

13 

- 

10 

4 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Plymouth, 

236 

121 

115 

_ 

81 

121 

34 

- 

- 

- 

Plympton, 

2 

1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Prescott,      .... 

2 

2 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

•- 

Princeton 

15 

7 

8 

- 

10 

3 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Pro\-incetown,    . 

85 

47 

38 

- 

33 

27 

25 

- 

- 

- 

QUINCY 

1,086 

578 

508 

_ 

376 

504 

206 

_ 

47,118 

23.0 

Randolph, 

72 

33 

39 

_ 

42 

11 

19 

- 

- 

- 

Raynham, 

34 

20 

14 

_ 

17 

11 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Reading 

118 

64 

54 

- 

70 

25 

23 

- 

- 

- 

Rehoboth, 

30 

11 

19 

- 

11 

14 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Revere 

607 

308 

299 

_ 

163 

338 

106 

_ 

28,439 

21.3 

Richmond, 

11 

6 

5 

_ 

3 

8 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Rochester, 

15 

5 

10 

_ 

6 

7 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Rockland,  .... 

123 

62 

61 

_ 

61 

33 

29 

- 

- 

- 

Rockport 

59 

;           29 

1 

30 

" 

22 

24 

13 

! 

See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


20 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  1 

Liv 

E  Births,  by  Sex  and  Parent  Nativity;  Population;!  and 

Birth  Rates ^  in  Each  County  and  Municipality:  1919. 

Total 

SEX. 

PARENT  NATIVITY. 

Popula- 
tion 

(esti- 

Birth 

Municipalities.  ^ 

a 

rate 
per 

num- 
ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

o 

c 

a 

Na- 
tive. 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

a 

mated, 
July  1, 
1919). 

1,000 
popu- 
lation. 

Rowe,         .... 

4 

2 

2 

3 

1 

_. 

_ 

Rowley,      .... 

8 

4 

,   4 

_ 

6 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Royalston, 

10 

6 

'   4 

- 

4 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Russell 

29 

16 

13 

- 

10 

16 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Rutland,     .... 

17 

5 

12 

- 

9 

6 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Salem 

1,081 

541 

540 

_ 

417 

436 

228 

_ 

41,968 

25.8 

Salisbury,  .... 

19 

5 

14 

_ 

15 

3 

- 

- 

Sandisfield, 

5 

3 

2 

_ 

2 

3 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

Sandwich,  .... 

20 

9 

11 

_ 

11 

5 

4 

- 

- 

_ 

Saugus,       .... 

191 

93 

98 

- 

80 

76 

35 

- 

- 

- 

Savoy,         .... 

7 

4 

3 

_ 

2 

4 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

Scituate,      .... 

27 

13 

14 

_ 

16 

4 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Seekonk 

31 

15 

16 

_ 

12 

12 

7 

- 

- 

_ 

Sharon,       .... 

20 

13 

7 

_ 

13 

3 

4 

- 

- 

_ 

Sheffield 

23 

14 

9 

- 

19 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Shelburre, 

23 

14 

9 

_ 

19 

_ 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

Sherborn,    .... 

12 

6 

6 

_' 

5 

6 

1 

- 

- 

Shirley 

49 

27 

22 

_ 

13 

26 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Shrewsbury, 

67 

37 

30 

- 

25 

33 

9 

- 

- 

- 

Shutesbury, 

8 

3 

5 

- 

3 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Somerset,    .... 

77 

48 

29 

_ 

32 

35 

10 

_ 

_ 

_ 

SOMERVILLE, 

1,888 

939 

949 

- 

747 

741 

400 

- 

92,434 

20.4 

South  Hadley,    . 

85 

34 

51 

- 

23 

43 

19 

- 

-    - 

- 

Southampton,     . 

9 

4 

5 

- 

2 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Southborough,    . 

10 

6 

4 

- 

3 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Southbridge, 

350 

183 

167 

_ 

129 

139 

82 

- 

- 

- 

South  wick. 

23 

13 

10 

- 

13 

10 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Spencer 

93 

51 

42 

_ 

70 

6 

17 

- 

- 

- 

Springfield, 

3,268 

1,683 

1,585 

_ 

1,577 

1,154 

536 

1 

126,809 

25.8 

Sterling 

13 

5 

8 

- 

6 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Stoekbridge, 

22 

14 

8 

_ 

16 

5 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

Stoneham,  .... 

201 

109 

92 

- 

124 

48 

29 

- 

- 

- 

Stoughton, 

119 

59 

60 

_ 

45 

55 

19 

- 

- 

- 

Stow, 

11 

3 

8 

_ 

4 

4 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Sturbridge, 

30 

14 

16 

- 

20 

4 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Sudbury,    .... 

6 

1 

5 

_ 

4 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

Sunderland, 

61 

28 

33 

_ 

17 

40 

4 

- 

- 

Sutton,        .         .    ~    . 

58 

21 

37 

- 

22 

23 

13 

- 

- 

- 

Swampscott, 

115 

58 

57 

- 

61 

39 

15 

- 

- 

- 

Swansea, 

42 

17 

25 

- 

17 

20 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Taunton,  .... 

926 

473 

453 

_ 

317 

438 

171 

_ 

37,0.34 

25.0 

Templeton, 

50 

28 

22 

- 

29 

11 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Tewksbury, 

41 

20 

21 

_ 

27 

8 

6 

- 

- 

- 

State  Infirmary, 

139 

77 

62 

- 

75 

55 

8 

1 

- 

- 

Tisbury,      .... 

21 

8 

13 

- 

7 

8 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Tolland,      .... 

2 

2 

"     - 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Topsfield,   .         .         .        •. 

8 

5 

3 

_ 

5 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

Townsend, 

21 

11 

10 

- 

12 

4 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Truro,          .... 

10 

5 

5 

_ 

7 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Tyngsborough,  . 

18 

10 

8 

- 

9 

7 

2 

- 

- 

- 

T>Tingham, 

2 

1 

1 

-  1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Upton,         .... 

12 

7 

5 

_ 

9 

'l 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Uxbridge,  .... 

125 

62 

63 

_ 

53 

50 

22 

- 

- 

- 

Wakefield,  .... 

259 

129 

130 

_ 

84 

131 

44 

- 

- 

- 

Wales,          .... 

8 

3 

5 

_  1 

3 

1 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Walpole,      .... 

90 

43 

47 

" 

28 

47 

15 

" 

" 

" 

See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


21 


See  footnotes  on  page  15. 


22 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  2 


Counties  and 
Cities  having  over 
50,000  Inhabitants 

IN  1915. 

(Grouped  in  order  of 

population.) 


Live  Births  by  Month  of  Birth  in  Counties  and  in  Cities 
HAVING  over  50,000  Inhabitants  in  1915:  1919. 


n      < 


i 

1 

M 
< 

6,250 

6,503 

7,340 

208 

210 

237 

1,485  1,577 

1,187  1,310 

705!  732 

1,730 
1,423 

849 

725 

744 

906 

656 

699 

791 

602 

570 

599 

251 

283 

347 

204 

193 

247 

198 

165 

194 

119 

103 

124 

75 

75 

82 

31 

36 

42 

7 

9 

5 

5 

7 

1 

1,347 
341 

1,396 
343 

1,523 

396 

233 

259 

289 

239 

259 

281 

200 

214 

245 

218 

235 

240 

281 

264 

270 

104 

154 

145 

173 

181 

204 

134 

135 

174 

104 

84 

131 

103 

124 

113 

u 

o 

g 

fe 

"s 

^ 

'I 

O 

1 

7,658 

7,870 

7,718 

255 

254 

257 

1,857 

1,885 

1,796 

1,409;  1,512 

1.487 

837 

889 

920 

934 

963 

947 

830 

848 

808 

660 

655 

648 

349 

336 

382 

287 

263 

232 

212 

230 

197 

135 

125 

148 

105 

104 

93 

36 

48 

44 

4 

5 

8 

3 

7 

8 

1,664 

1,665 

1,608 

384 

397 

397 

345 

283 

308 

292 

346 

284 

254 

236 

240 

243 

258 

272 

287 

277 

273 

150 

167 

182 

213 

219;  199 

154 

1581  177 

146 

125 

113 

131 

128 

128 

The  State. 

Average  daily  number  of  births, 

Cou 
Suffolk,     . 
Middlesex, 
Essex, 
Worcester, 
Bristol,      . 

Hampden, 
Norfolk,  . 
Plymouth, 
Berkshire, 
Hampshire, 

Franklin,  . 
Barnstable, 
Dukes, 
Nantucket, 

Cities  over  100,000. 
Boston, 
Worcester, 
Fall  River, 
New  Bedford, 

Cambridge, 

Lowell, 

Springfield, 


87,827  7,185  6.975 


Cities  50,000  to  100,000. 
Lynn,        .... 
LawTence, 
Somerville, 
Brockton, 
Holyoke,  .... 


241 


21,003 
16,939 
10,137 
10,565 
9,250 

7,649 
3,736 
2,879 
2,390 
1,577 

1,107 


18,799 
4,596 
3,421 
3,386 


2,757 
3,064 
3,268 


1,935 

2,406 

1, 

1,422 

1,583 


232 


1,769 

1,388 

811 

859 
748 

623 
296 
232 
181 
149 


,611 
372 

262 
301 

220 
239 
268 


249 


1,700 
1,374 

824 
776 
728 

613 
261 
233 
187 
130 


1,536 
363 

272 
258 

236 
262 
231 


7,950 

7,498 

256 

250 

1 ,943 

1,789 

1,513 

1,475 

934 

863 

1,022 

858 

817 

830 

693 

642 

310 

278 

229 

264 

226 

210 

119 

146 

92 

99 

44 

33 

6 

6 

2 

5 

1,749 

1,583 

459 

365 

313 

305 

302 

310 

241 

209 

293 

297 

277 

275 

207 

162 

205 

202 

159 

149 

111 

128 

151 

154 

226 


1,651 

1,320 

859 

861 

708 

622 
300 
222 
181 
136 


1,477 
354 
250 
245 

196 
240 
263 


7,881 

254 


1,821 

1,541 

914 

970 

787 

722 
343 
273 
209 
143 

105 

43 

6 

4 


1,640 
425 

302 
269 

266 
267 
302 


154 
239 
185 
145 
153 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


23 


Table  3 

Plural  Births,  by  Sex,  and  Stillbirths, 

BY  Sex  and  Paren 

T  Nativity,  in  Counties  and  in  Cities 

HAVING 

over 

50,000  Inhabitants  in  1915:  1919. 

Counties  and 
Cities  having  over 

Plural 

births. 

Stillbirths. 

50,000  Inhabitants 

in  1915. 

twins. 

triplets. 

SEX. 

parent  nativity. 

( Grouped  in  order  of 

i 

population.) 

i 

i 

§ 

c 

o 

1 

1 

1 

1 

-3 

1 

J 

-3 

> 

o 

i 

Eh 

S 

fe 

H 

§ 

fe 

h 

S 

E^ 

^ 

'Z 

fe 

S 

O 

The  State. 

1,972 

1,004 

968 

21 

11 

10 

3,092 

1,750 

1,332 

10 

1,201 

1,380 

497 

14 

Counties. 

Suffolk 

440 

214 

226 

3 

3 

_ 

701 

410 

291 

_ 

236 

332 

125 

8 

Middlesex,       . 

370 

199 

171  1 

15 

7 

8 

558 

314 

241 

3 

237 

217 

103 

1 

Essex,      .... 

204 

101 

103  [ 

- 

_ 

- 

379 

213 

164 

2 

142 

188 

48 

1 

Worcester, 

252 

133 

119  1 

- 

- 

- 

367 

215 

150 

2 

156 

162 

49 

Bristol,    .... 

236 

127 

109 

- 

- 

- 

362 

190 

172 

- 

106 

193 

60 

3 

Hampden, 

168 

85 

83 

3 

1 

2 

269 

146 

122 

1 

114 

109 

45 

1 

Norfolk, 

88 

41 

47 

_ 

- 

_ 

124 

64 

58 

2 

58 

46 

20 

- 

Plymouth, 

76 

30 

46 

- 

_ 

- 

119 

68 

51 

46 

50 

23 

_ 

Berkshire, 

52 

34 

18 

_ 

_ 

- 

80 

50 

30 

_ 

42 

28 

10 

_ 

Hampshire,     . 

30 

13 

17 

- 

- 

- 

51 

28 

23 

- 

22 

25 

4 

- 

Franklin, 

40 

21 

19 

_ 

_ 

_ 

58 

36 

22 

_ 

30 

20 

8 

_ 

Barnstable,      . 

16 

6 

10 

_ 

- 

_ 

20 

14 

6 

_ 

11 

8 

1 

_ 

Dukes,     .... 

- 

- 

~  j 

- 

- 

- 

3 

2 

1 

- 

_ 

2 

1 

_ 

Nantucket,      . 

- 

- 

_  1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Cities  over  100,000. 

1 

Boston,  .... 

390 

191 

199  1 

3 

3 

_ 

642 

371 

271 

_ 

224 

293 

117 

8 

Worcester, 

110 

56 

54  1 

- 

167 

96 

70 

1 

74 

67 

26 

Fall  River,      . 

82 

29 

53  i 

_ 

_ 

- 

129 

64 

65 

_ 

33 

71 

24 

1 

New  Bedford, 

80 

49 

31 

- 

- 

- 

131 

73 

58 

- 

29 

77 

23 

2 

Cambridge,     . 

46 

27 

19 

3 

_ 

3 

100 

57 

43 

_ 

38 

50 

11 

1 

Lowell,    .... 

64 

35 

29 

6 

3 

3 

107 

66 

38 

3 

41 

48 

18 

_ 

Springfield,      . 

80 

40 

40  ' 

3 

1 

2 

149 

83 

65 

1 

75 

47 

26 

1 

Cities  50,000  to  100,000. 

Lynn,      .... 

38 

22 

16 

- 

- 

- 

59 

33 

26 

- 

22 

29 

8 

_ 

Lawrence, 

44 

22 

22 

_ 

_ 

_ 

111 

69 

42 

_ 

30 

73 

8 

_ 

Somerville, 

60 

30 

30 

- 

- 

_ 

53 

29 

24 

- 

24 

15 

14 

_ 

Brockton, 

38 

17 

21 

_ 

_ 

_ 

70 

42 

28 

_ 

25 

29 

16 

_ 

Holyoke, 

38 

16 

22 

- 

- 

- 

52 

28 

42 

~ 

17 

25 

10 

- 

24 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  4 


Years. 


Live  Births  and  Birth  Rates  for  the  State  and  Cities  having 
OVER  100,000  Inhabit.\xts  in  1915:   1871  to  1919. 


The 

State. 


Cities  HA\^NG  over  100,000  inhabit.an'Ts  in  1915. 


Boston. 


Worces- 
ter. 


Fall 
River. 


Lowell. 


Cam- 


New 


bridge.    Bedford. 


Spring- 
field. 


LIVE    BIRTHST 


39,791 
43,235 
44,481 
45,631 
43,996 

42,149 
41,850 
41,238 
40,295 
44,217 

45,220 
45,670 
47,285 
48,615 
48,790 

50,788 
53,174 
54,893 
57,075 

57,777 

63,004 
65,824 
67,192 
66,936 
67,545 

72,343 
73,205 
73,110 
70,457 
73,386 

71,976 
72,219 
73,584 
75,014 
75,022 

80,237 
85,001 
86,911 
84,039 
86,539 

88,327 
89,882 
91,644 
93,399 
93,155 

93,487 
95,731 
95,607 

87,827 


8,5181 

1,540 

946 

884 

1,317 

462 

9,2441 

1,577 

1,284 

1,087 

1,335 

482 

9,672 

1,638 

1,410 

1,351 

1,335 

473 

11,697 

1,636 

1,305 

1,352 

1,339 

501 

10,984 

1,486 

1,476 

1,291 

1,252 

566 

10,751 

1,554 

1,374 

1,259 

1,206 

543 

10,494 

1,414 

1,356 

1,333 

1,423 

505 

10,160 

1,455 

1,319 

1,315 

1,362 

545 

10,165 

1,462 

1,082 

1,410 

1,401 

528 

10,573 

1,778 

1,431 

1,763 

1,599 

710 

10,463 

1,800 

1,876 

1,831 

1,498 

727 

10,927 

1,908 

1,519 

1,755 

1,456 

743 

11,206 

1,932 

1,600 

1,673 

1,542 

889 

11,372 

2,045 

1,567 

1,755 

1,538 

964 

11,373 

1,957 

1,767 

1,749 

1,613 

874 

11,864 

2,051 

1,841 

1,860 

1,627 

1,043 

12.048 

2,250 

1,943 

1,815 

1,837 

1,066 

12,534 

2,293 

2,013 

1,846 

1,966 

1,164 

12,650 

2,464 

.2,149 

2,215 

2,063 

1,128 

13,137 

2,511 

2,282 

2,185 

2,122 

1,044 

14,248 

2,759 

2.470 

2,229 

2,416 

1,300 

15,466 

2,853 

2,596 

2,731 

2,338 

1,659 

14,412 

3,094 

2,794 

2,688 

2,416 

1,617 

15,188 

2,951 

2,770 

2,710 

2,383 

1,762 

15,551 

2,822 

2,768 

2,693 

2,448 

1,692 

16,477 

3,180 

3,374 

2,764 

2,539 

2,127 

16,884 

3,007 

4,138 

2,595 

2,510 

2,241 

16,577 

3,080 

4,726 

2,413 

2,594 

2,048 

16,151 

3,070 

3,987 

2,415 

2,508 

2,065 

16,328 

3,131 

4,327 

2,596 

2,648 

2,230 

15,561 

3,291 

4,054 

2,794 

2,525 

2,440 

15,516 

3,349 

4,341 

2,493 

2,476 

2,437 

15,664 

3,501 

4,448 

2,519 

2,528 

2,469 

15,730 

3,540 

4,514 

2,519 

2,528 

2,620 

15,661 

3,510 

4,092 

2,500 

2,453 

2,765 

17,062 

3,743 

4,-333 

2,547 

2,768 

2,949 

18,229 

3,998 

4,622 

2,704 

2,826 

3,272 

18,359 

3,978 

4,838 

2,743 

2,887 

3,580 

17,584 

3,645 

4,692 

2,648 . 

2,643 

3,836 

17,672 

3,923 

4,591 

2,632 

2,436 

3,863 

17,844 

4,122 

4,617 

2,580 

2,621 

4,160 

18,745 

4,167 

4,714 

2,748 

2,605 

3,594 

19,109 

4,520 

4,664 

2,794 

2,713 

3,647 

19,467 

4,667 

4,703 

2,914 

2.745 

3,574 

19,713 

4,504 

3,910 

2,944 

2,610 

3,533 

19,604 

4,941 

3,690 

3,289 

2,691 

3.497 

19,950 

5,276 

3,807 

3,289 

2,764 

3,664 

20,092 

5,239 

3,645 

3,279 

2,672 

3,920 

18,799 

4,596 

3,421 

3,064 

2,757 

3,386 

744 

765 
872 
894 
908 

750 
749 
712 
719 
833 


931 

1,026 

968 

996 
1,081 
1,190 
1,169 
1,200 

1,345 
1,395 
1,473 
1,298 
1,438 

1,502 
1,553 
1,584 
1,512 
1,560 
1,449 
1,592 
1,647 
1,624 
1,810 

1,816 
2,019 
2,184 
2,258 
2,445 

2,512 
2,779 
2,866 
2,986 
3,099 

3,281 
3,614 
3,770 
3,268 


Birth  Rates  per  1,000  Population:  Census  Years  1870  to  1915; 
AND  per  1,000  Estimated  Population,  1916,  1917,  1918,  and  1919. 


26.2 

32.2 

30.0 

31.9 

22.6 

33.0 

21.5 

26.6 

33.1 

30.1 

32.6 

26.0 

26.2 

21.9 

24.8 

29.1 

30.S 

29.2 

29.6 

30.4 

26.4 

25.1 

29.1 

28.6 

31.1 

27.3 

27.0 

26.2 

25.8 

29.3 

29.7 

30.7 

28.1 

30.3 

25.6 

27.0 

31.3 

28.7 

31.0 

31.9 

30.0 

30.6 

26.2 

29.1 

26.4 

41.3 

27.3 

28.8 

35.7 

24.9 

26.3 

27.4 

26.4 

38.7 

25.2 

37.2 

25.6 

26.4 

26.9 

38.5 

24.8 

23.2 

40.0 

25.2 

26.4 

27.7 

31.3 

27.3 

24.0 

32.2 

24.8 

25.8 

29.6 

29.2 

30.3 

24.5 

31.0 

24.9 

25.6 

31.0 

29.9 

30.2 

25.0 

•  31.7 

24.5 

25.3 

30.2 

28.4 

30.1 

24.0 

33.2 

22.9 

25.1 

25.8 

28.3 

27.3 

25.2 

28.2 

28.3 
29.2 
25.0 
25.8 

27.2 

27.9 
25.1 
24.6 
27.5 
30.1 

30.8 
33.1 
33.6 
25.8 


1  Not  including  Charlestown,  which  was  annexed  to  Boston  in  1874.    The  number  of  births  registered 
in  Charlestown  in  1870  was  766;   in  1871,  810;   in  1872,  828;   in  1873,  865. 


No.  1.] 


BIRTH  STATISTICS. 


25 


Table  5 

Popula- 

Live Births  by  Sex  and 

Parent 

Nativity:  1851 

TO  1919 

tion 
(esti- 
mated. 

SEX. 

parent  nativity 

Years. 

Total 

Males 

as  of 
July  1). 

num- 
ber. 

Males. 

Fe- 
males. 

Un- 
known. 

to  1,000 

fe- 
males. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Mixed. 

Un- 
known. 

1851,    .       .       .  '  1,020,674  ' 

28,661 

14.949 

13,613 

119 

1,098 

16,735 

9,846 

_ 

2,100 

1852, 

1,047,518 

29,802 

15.246 

14.432 

124 

1,056 

17.255 

10,991 

- 

1,556 

1853, 

1,075,063 

30,920 

15,798 

14,965 

157 

1,056 

16.040 

11,753 

1,494 

1,6-33 

1854, 

1,103,341 

31,997 

16,352 

15,469 

176 

1,057 

16.470 

12,476 

1,390 

1,661 

1855, 

1,132,369 

32,845 

16,785 

15,888 

172 

1,056 

15,947 

13,708 

1,617 

1,573 

1856. 

1,151,455 

34,445 

17,650 

16.577 

218 

1.065 

15.908 

14,570 

1,943 

2,024 

1857, 

1,170,855 

35,320 

18,023 

17.121 

176 

1,053 

16,261 

15,235 

1,975 

1,851 

1858, 

1,190,583 

34,491 

17,453 

16,840 

198 

1,036 

16,283 

15,051 

1,916 

1,241 

1859, 

1,210,645 

35,422 

18,108 

17.152 

162 

1.056 

15,973 

15,678 

2, .306 

1,465 

1860, 

1,231,066 

36,051 

18,504 

17,450 

97 

1,060 

16,672 

16,138 

2,411 

830 

1861, 

1,238.176 

35,445 

18,286 

17,078 

81 

1.076 

16,097 

16,125 

2,482 

741 

1862, 

1,245,326 

32,275 

16,594 

15,604 

77 

1.064 

14,423 

14,941 

2,296 

615 

186.3, 

1,252,517 

30.314 

15,692 

14,579 

43 

1.076 

13,066 

14,540 

2,144 

564 

1864, 

1,259,750 

30,449 

15,6-34 

14,745 

70 

1.060 

13,453 

14,266 

2,239 

491 

1865, 

1,267,031 

30,249 

15,623 

14,554 

72 

1,073 

13,276 

14,130 

2,406 

437 

1866, 

1,. 302,995 

34,085 

17,394 

16,603 

88 

1.047 

15,014 

15,989 

2,798 

284 

1867, 

1,339,979 

35,062 

17.859 

17,140 

63 

1.042 

14,697 

16,911 

3,087 

367 

1868, 

1,378,012 

36,193 

18,571 

17,574 

48 

1.056 

15,370 

16,995 

3,335 

493 

1869, 

1,417,124 

36,141 

18,606 

17,500 

35 

1.063 

15,100 

17,229 

3,558 

254 

1870, 

1.457,351 

38,259 

19,203 

18,434 

22 

1.074 

15,563 

18,339 

4.043 

314 

1871. 

1,494,337 

39.791 

20,289 

19,488 

14 

1.041 

15,797 

19,120 

4.414 

460 

1872, 

1,532,260 

43.235 

22,140 

21,066 

29 

1,051 

16,922 

21,112 

4.864 

337 

1873, 

1,571,142 

44.481 

22,974 

21,485 

22 

1,069 

17,647 

21,293 

5.201 

340 

1874, 

1,611,016 

45.631 

23,657 

21,958 

16 

1.077 

17,508 

21,807 

5.708 

608 

1875, 

1,651,912 

43,996 

22,457 

21,513 

26 

1,044 

17,314 

20,289 

5,829 

564 

1876, 

1,677,351 

42,149 

21,705 

20,410 

34 

1,063 

16,790 

18,590 

5,9-33 

836 

1877, 

1,703,182 

41,850 

21,466 

20,375 

9 

1,053 

16,897 

18,071 

6,074 

808 

1878, 

1.729,412 

41.238 

21,199 

20,022 

17 

1.059 

16,970 

17.105 

6,317 

846 

1879, 

1,756,043 

40.295 

20,658 

19,623 

14 

1.054 

16,768 

16,298 

6,398 

831 

1880, 

1,783,085 

44.217 

22,667 

21,.396 

154 

1.059 

18,130 

17,651 

7,185 

1,251 

1881, 

1.813,818 

45.220 

23,014 

22,069 

137 

1.043 

i    18,218 

18,169 

7,386 

1,447 

1882, 

1,845,086 

45,670 

23,281 

22.292 

97 

1.043 

18,565 

18,012 

7,612 

1,481 

1883, 

1,876.895 

47,285 

24,388 

22.875 

22 

1,066 

18,412 

19,188 

8,169 

1,516 

1884, 

1,909.810 

48,615 

24,941 

23,658 

16 

1,054 

18,734 

19,750 

8,671 

1,460 

1885, 

1,942,141 

48,790 

25,053 

23,716 

21 

1.056 

18.822 

19,733 

8,872 

1,363 

1886, 

1,998,174 

'   50.788 

25.959 

24.822 

7 

1,046 

19.531 

20.758 

9,299 

1,200 

1887, 

2,055.821 

1   53,174 

27.245 

25,915 

14 

1.052 

20.207 

22,781 

9,878 

308 

1888, 

2,115,131 

54,893 

28.156 

26,726 

11 

1.054 

20.078 

22,990 

11,555 

270 

1889. 

2,176,153 

57,075 

!   29,017 

28,042 

16 

1.036 

20,260 

24,760 

11,763 

292 

1890, 

2,238,943 

57,777 

j   29,521 

28,227 

26 

1,046 

20,023 

25,361 

12,121 

272 

1891, 

2,288,911 

63,004 

1   32.532 

30,434 

38 

1,068 

21,325 

28,097 

13,2.30 

352 

1892, 

2,339,994 

65,824 

33.758 

31,951 

115 

1,056 

21,800 

29,895 

13,686 

443 

1893, 

2,-392,217 

67,192 

34,328 

32,829 

35 

1,046 

21,788 

31,448 

13,669 

287 

1894, 

2,445,605 

66,936 

34,338 

32,575 

23 

1.054 

21,718 

31,008 

13,940 

270 

1895, 

2.500.183 

67,545 

34.623 

32,905 

17 

1,052 

21,851 

31,628 

13,847 

219 

1896, 

2.558.437 

72,343 

37.186 

35,114 

43 

1,059 

22,810 

34,237 

15,033 

263 

1897, 

2,618,048 

73,205 

37.689 

35,489 

27 

1,062 

23.824 

35,256 

13,918 

207 

1898, 

2,679,048 

73,110 

37,389 

35,694 

27 

1.047 

23,656 

35,273 

13,905 

276 

1899, 

2,741,470 

70,457 

36.199 

34.258 

- 

1,057 

22.409 

34.238 

13,604 

206 

1900, 

2,805,346 

73,386 

37,772 

35,614 

- 

1,060 

1   23.006 

36,062 

14,080 

238 

1901, 

2,849,047 

71,976 

37,004 

34.972 

_ 

1,058 

1   22.516 

35,370 

13,847 

243 

1902, 

2,889,386 

72,219 

37,057 

.35,162 

- 

1.054 

22.710 

35,413 

13,897 

199 

1903, 

2.929,725 

73,584 

38,210 

35,374 

- 

1.080 

22,941 

36,346 

14,174 

123 

1904, 

2,970.064 

75,014 

38,689 

36,325 

- 

1.065 

23,365 

37,047 

14,473 

129 

1905, 

3,015,872 

75,022 

38.484 

36.538 

- 

1.080 

23,785 

37,085 

14,021 

131 

1906, 

3.089,029 

80,237 

41.217 

39,020 

_ 

1.056 

25,748 

39.446 

14,899 

144 

1907, 

3.162,186 

85.001 

43.486 

41.515 

- 

1.047 

26,561 

43,004 

15,324 

112 

1908, 

3,235,343 

86,911 

44.796 

42.090 

25 

1.064 

27,016 

43.901 

15,861 

133 

1909, 

3,308,500 

84,039 

43,339 

40.679 

21 

1.061 

26,525 

42,596 

14,785 

133 

1910, 

3,.380,151 

86,539 

44,243 

42,276 

20 

1.047 

26,749 

44,398 

15,260 

132 

1911, 

3,446.079 

88,-327 

45,352 

42.961 

14 

1.056 

27,390 

45,741 

15,054 

142 

1912, 

3,512,007 

89,882 

46,436 

43.440 

6 

1,069 

28,424 

45,861 

15,497 

100 

1913. 

3,577,9.35 

91,644 

47.099 

44.541 

4 

1,057 

29,387 

46,737 

15,430 

90 

1914, 

3,643.863^ 

93. .399 

47.671 

45.725 

3 

1,043 

30,127 

47,824 

15,378 

70 

1915, 

3,709,792 

93,155 

47.786 

45.363 

6 

1,053 

31,325 

46,347 

15,401 

82 

1916, 

3,775,720 

93,487 

48,256 

45.227 

4 

1,067 

31,971 

45,920 

15,.525 

71 

1917, 

3,841,648 

95,731 

49,017 

46.714 

- 

1.049 

34,129 

45,753 

15,786 

63 

1918, 

3,907,576 

95,607 

49,1-38 

46.465 

4 

1,0-58 

-35,913 

43,419 

16.222 

53 

1919,    .       .       . 

3,8.35,614 

87.827 

44,713 

43,113 

1 

1,037 

33,295 

39,194 

15, .302 

36 

26    MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  — 1919.  [P.D.Xo.l. 


Table  6 

Live  Births:   1851 

TO  1919 

Stillbirths: 

1851  to 

1919. 

Excess 

Years. 

Birth 
rate  per 
1,000 
popu- 
lation. 

Excess 

of 

births 

over 

deaths.  1 

of  births 
over 

deaths 
per  1000 

popu- 

CAStS 

OF  PLURAL 

BIRTHS. 

Total 
num- 
ber. 

Per 
1,000 

live 
births 

1 

SEX. 

Males. 

Fe- 
males. 

Un- 
known. 

Males 

Twins. 

Trip- 
lets. 

to  1,000 
fe- 

lation. 

males. 

1851,     .       . 

28.1 

9,727 

9.5 

248 

6 

527 

134 

83 

310 

1,614 

1852,     . 

28.5 

11,320 

10.9 

291 

4 

598 

264 

210 

124 

1,257 

1853,     . 

28.8 

10,619 

9.9 

255 

5 

568 

19 

278 

178 

112 

1,562 

1854,     . 

29.0 

10,583 

9.6 

290 

7 

558 

245 

175 

138 

1,394 

1855,     . 

29.0 

12,047 

10.6 

290 

4 

725 

350 

236 

139 

1,483 

1856,      . 

29.9 

13,711 

11.9 

306 

4 

695 

f 

384 

232 

79 

1,655 

1857,      . 

30.2 

14,040 

12.0 

365 

3 

739 

420 

228 

91 

1,842 

1858,      . 

29.0 

13,715 

11.5 

340 

2 

747 

22 

378 

251 

118 

1,506 

1859,      . 

29.3 

14,666 

12.0 

353 

2 

739 

379 

256 

104 

1,480 

1860,      . 

29.3 

12,983 

10.6 

330 

7 

1,062 

582 

359 

121 

1,621 

1861,      . 

28.6 

11,360 

9.1 

366 

3 

1,017 

532 

398 

87 

1,337 

1862,      . 

25.9 

9,301 

7.4 

265 

_ 

974 

520 

363 

91 

1,433 

1863,      . 

24.2 

2,563 

2.0 

303 

5 

903 

28  • 

485 

353 

65 

1,374 

1864,      . 

24.2 

1,696 

1.4 

294 

3 

856 

503 

290 

63 

1,734 

1865,      . 

23.9 

4,097 

3.3 

288 

5 

859 

467 

317 

75 

1,473 

1866,     . 

23.2 

10,448 

5.0 

351 

2 

1,046 

545 

410 

91 

1,329 

1867,      . 

26.2 

12,289 

9.2 

333 

5  i 

1,007 

551 

392 

64 

1,406 

1868,      . 

26.3 

10,590 

7.7 

352 

6  i 

1,050 

29 

575 

409 

66 

1,406 

1869,      . 

25.5 

10,08? 

7.1 

339 

6 

1,094 

617 

412 

65 

1,498 

1870,      . 

26.3 

10,930 

7.5 

344 

3 

1,019 

573 

389 

57 

1,473 

1871,      . 

26.6 

11,848 

7.9 

362 

5 

1,390 

790 

520 

80 

1,519 

1872,      . 

28.2 

8,216 

5.3 

375 

3 

1,283 

733 

487 

63 

1,505 

1873,      . 

28.3 

10,569 

6.7 

407 

5 

1,246 

•   29 

715 

455 

76 

1,571 

1874,      . 

28.3 

13,744 

9.7 

400 

4 

1,469 

853 

551 

65 

1,548 

1875,      . 

26.6 

9,018 

4.9 

380 

3 

1,374 

789 

517 

68 

1,526 

1876,      . 

25.1 

8,963 

5.3 

345 

4 

1,274 

743 

475 

56 

1,564 

1877,     . 

24.6 

10,508 

6.2 

398 

5 

1,254 

710 

474 

70 

1,498 

1878,      . 

23.9 

9,935 

5.8 

397 

7 

1,261 

29 

672 

489 

100 

1,374 

1879,      . 

23.0 

8,494 

4.9 

353 

1 

1,261 

695 

473 

93 

1,469 

1880, 

24.8 

8,925 

5.0 

381 

3 

1,297 

710 

513 

74 

1,384 

1881, 

24.9 

8,762 

4.8 

389 

9 

1,466 

794 

585 

87 

1,357 

1882,     . 

24.8 

8,885 

4.9 

417 

5 

1,485 

807 

602 

76 

1,340 

1883,     . 

25.1 

9,537 

5.0 

394 

5 

1,589 

33   ■ 

880 

594 

115 

1,481 

1884,     . 

25.5 

11,625 

6.5 

432 

5 

1,628 

906 

655 

67 

1,383 

1885,      . 

25.1 

10,696 

5.5 

376 

4 

1,589 

885 

637 

67 

1,389 

1886,     . 

25.4 

13,544 

6.8 

453 

5 

1,796 

1,011 

700 

85 

1,444 

1887, 

25.9 

12,411 

6.1 

451 

6 

1,794 

1,035 

726 

33 

1,426 

1888, 

26.0 

12,796 

6.1 

434 

2 

1,943 

35 

1,131 

749 

63 

1,510 

1889, 

26.2 

15,298 

7.0 

547 

3 

2,021 

i 

1,158 

768 

95 

1,508 

1890, 

25.8 

14,249 

6.4 

502 

4 

2,099 

J 

1,181 

832 

86 

1,419 

1891, 

27.5 

17,819 

7.8 

618 

7 

2,222 

1,310 

829 

83 

1,580 

1892, 

28.1 

17,062 

7.2 

572 

8 

2,293 

1,370 

845 

78 

1,621 

1893, 

28.1 

18,108 

7.6 

610 

9 

2,444 

•  37 

1,420 

921 

103 

1,542 

1894, 

27.4 

20,145 

8.3 

646 

8 

2,353 

1,424 

854 

75 

1,668 

1895, 

27.0 

20,005 

8.0 

736 

9 

2,367 

1,423 

892 

52 

1,595 

1896, 

28.3 

22,962 

9.0 

719 

10 

2,615 

'    1,424 

854 

75 

1,668 

1897, 

28.0 

25,786 

9.9 

768 

3 

2,652 

!    1,636 

1,005 

11 

1,628 

1898, 

27.3 

26,349 

9.8 

706 

3 

2,728 

37 

1    1,680 

1,033 

15 

1,626 

1899, 

25.7 

22,747 

8.3 

756 

9 

2,649 

i    1,593 

1,034 

22 

1,541 

1900, 

26.2 

22,230 

8.0 

814 

4 

2,873 

1,694 

1,128 

51 

1,502 

1901, 

25.3 

23,701 

8.4 

726 

9 

2,682 

1,415 

1,208 

59 

1,171 

1902, 

25.0 

24,728 

8.6 

728 

7 

2,836 

1,696 

1,098 

42 

1,545 

1903, 

25.1 

24,530 

8.4 

850 

11 

2.635 

37   • 

;    1,533 

1,014 

88 

1,512 

1904, 

25.3 

26,532 

9.0 

834 

4 

2.846 

1,614 

1,162 

70 

1,389 

1905, 

24.9 

24,536 

8.2 

803 

14 

2,618 

J 

1,515 

1,043 

60 

1,314 

1906, 

26.0 

29,613 

9.6 

878 

10 

2,760 

1,586 

1,134 

40 

1,452 

1907, 

26.9 

30,767 

9.7 

928 

10 

3,079 

1,757 

1,274 

48 

1,379 

1908, 

26.9 

35,123 

10.9 

965 

6 

3,179 

36 

1,863 

1,278 

38 

1,457 

1909, 

25.4 

32,803 

9.9 

881 

4 

3,102 

!    1,834 

1,219 

49 

1,505 

1910, 

25.6 

32,132 

9.5 

940 

17 

3,158 

1,829 

1,263 

66 

1,448 

1911, 

25.6 

35,265 

10.2 

915 

14 

1     3,280 

1,825 

1,408 

47 

1,296 

1912, 

25.6 

37,482 

10.7 

996 

8 

3,188 

1,871 

1,263 

29 

1,456 

1913, 

25.6 

38,242 

10.7 

1        996 

13 

3,175 

35 

1,872 

1,275 

28 

1,468 

1914, 

25.6 

40,426 

11.1 

1,008 

15 

3,349 

1,936 

1,369 

44 

1,414 

1915, 

25.2 

40,045 

10.8 

952 

9 

3,161 

1,815 

1,312 

34 

1,383 

1916, 

24.8 

37,121 

9.9 

942 

13 

3,300 

1 

1,916 

1,334 

50 

1,436 

1917, 

24.9 

39,103 

10.2 

1,065 

7 

3,324 

36  ■ 

1,937 

1,330 

57 

1,456 

1918, 

24.5 

16,765 

4.3 

1,054 

10 

3,779 

2,173 

1,570 

36 

1,384 

1919, 

22.9 

35,482 

9.3 

986 

7 

3,092 

I 

1,750 

1,332 

10 

1,314 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


II 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS 


11. 

MAEEIAGE  STATISTICS. 


PAGE 

Introduction, 29-35 

Marriage  registration,      ' 29 

Accuracy, .  29,  30 

Source  of  data, 30,  31 

Purpose,  marriage  requirements, 31,  32 

Number  of  marriages  and  marriage  rates, 32 

Place  of  marriage,       . 32,  33 

Age  at  marriage, 33 

First  marriages  and  remarriages, 33,  34 

Nativity  of  persons  married, 34,  35 

Months  in  which  marriages  were  solemnized, 35 

Daily  averages  of  marriages, 35 

Statistical  tables, 36-53 

Introduction. 

Marriage  Registration.  —  It  is  interesting  to  know  that  from  1841 
to  1919,  inclusive,  1,439,961  marriages  have  been  reported,  recorded 
and  tabulated  in  this  Commonwealth. 

These  records  are  not  only  on  file  in  the  cities  and  towns  in 
which  they  occurred  and  in  the  city  or  town  claimed  as  the  residence 
of  the  bride  or  groom  at  the  time  of  marriage,  but  also  at  the  State 
House.  All  marriages  recorded  at  the  State  House  are  indexed  in 
alphabetical  lists  of  five-year  periods  for  both  the  bride  and  the 
groom,  and  are  easily  accessible  to  the  public  at  any  time  during 
office  hours. 

Accuracy.  —  The  registration  of  marriages  presents  fewer  difficul- 
ties than  either  births  or  deaths,  and  the  marriage  statistics  in  this 
volume  should  be  based  on  nearly  100  per  cent  registration. 

Only  a  minimum  of  error  should  creep  into  the  registration  of 
marriages,  as  the  facts  required  to  be  recorded  are  made  under  oath 
by  one  or  both  of  the  contracting  parties  before  a  city  or  town  clerk 
or  registrar  or  his  representative.  Copies  of  records  transmitted  to 
the  Division  of  Vital  Statistics  at  the  State  House  are,  of  course. 


30  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

subject  to  error  in  copying,  but  even  this  source  of  error  is  minimized 
by  a  very  careful  examination,  and,  when  possible,  by  comparison 
with  similar  records  from  different  cities  and  towns  by  the  experts 
employed  in  the  Division  of  Vital  Statistics. 

Source  of  Data.  —  The  marriage  statistics  presented  in  this  report 
are  compiled  from  the  certified  copies  of  the  records  of  marriages  re- 
corded in  each  city  and  town  and  transmitted  annually  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Commonwealth.  The  original  information  from  which 
marriage  statistics  are  derived  is  obtained  as  follows:  Persons  who 
desire  to  be  married  in  this  Commonwealth  are  required  by  law  to 
file  their  intentions  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  or  registrar  of  the 
city  or  town  in  which  they  respectively  dwell,  or,  if  they  do  not 
dwell  within  this  Commonwealth,  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  or  regis- 
trar of  the  city  or  town  in  which  they  propose  to  have  the  marriage 
solemnized.  This  notice  of  intention  must  be  entered  in  the  clerk's 
office  not  less  than  five  days  before  their  marriage.  On  or  after  the 
fifth  day  from  the  date  of  the  entry  of  such  intention,  the  clerk  or 
registrar  delivers  to  the  parties  a  certificate  of  intention  signed  by 
him,  specifying  all  facts  relative  to  the  marriage  which  are  required 
by  law  to  be  ascertained  and  recorded,  namely,  the  date  of  the 
record,  the  date  of  the  marriage,  the  place  of  the  marriage,  the  names 
and  places  of  birth  of  the  parties  to  be  married,  the  residence  of  each, 
the  age  and  color  of  each,  the  number  of  the  marriage  (as  the  first  or 
second),  and,  if  previously  married,  whether  widowed  or  divorced, 
the  occupation  of  each,  the  names  of  their  parents,  and  the  maiden 
names  of  the  mothers.  If  the  woman  is  a  widow  or  divorced,  her 
maiden  name  is  also  given. 

Such  certificate  of  intention  must  be  delivered  to  the  minister  or 
magistrate  before  whom  the  marriage  is  to  be  contracted  before  he 
proceeds  to  solemnize  the  same.  Every  official  authorized  by  law  to 
solemnize  a  marriage  is  required  to  make  and  keep  a  record  of  each 
marriage  solemnized  by  him  and  of  all  facts  relative  to  the  marriage 
which  are  required  to  be  recorded  by  law. 

In  addition  he  is  required,  between  the  first  and  tenth  days  of 
the  month  following  each  marriage  solemnized  by  him,  to  return  a 
certificate  of  marriage,  completely  filled  out,  not  only  to  the  clerk 
or  registrar  of  the  city  or  town  in  which  the  marriage  was  solemnized, 
but  also  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  of  the  city  or  town  given  as  the 
domicile  of  each  of  the  contracting  parties. 


No.  1.]  MARRIAGE  STATISTICS.  31 

Each  certificate  and  copy  so  returned  must  contain  a  statement 
giving  the  place  and  date  of  marriage,  attested  by  the  signature  of 
the  person  who  solemnized  the  same.  The  clerk  or  registrar  of  each 
city  or  town  is  required  to  record  marriages  and  transmit  annually 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  certified  copies  of  the  records 
of  all  marriages  recorded. 

Purpose.  —  Marriage  registration  is  maintained  largely  to  protect 
the  home  and  the  family,  and  to  furnish  reliable  evidence  upon 
which  to  base  the  legitimacy  of  children  and  the  dower  rights  of 
women.  Every  precaution  has  been  taken  by  the  Commonwealth 
to  see  that  all  statutes  relative  to  the  solemnizing  and  registry  of 
marriages  are  strictly  enforced.  In  order  that  ministers  and  magis- 
trates authorized  to  solemnize  marriages  may  thoroughly  understand 
the  legal  requirements  both  before  and  after  solemnizing  a  marriage, 
the  following  pertinent  facts  relative  to  the  law  requirements  have 
been  condensed  by  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth, 
printed  in  circular  form  and  distributed  as  widely  as  possible  through- 
out the  State :  — 

Requirements  before  Solemnizing  a  Marriage. 
Certificates  of  intention  of  marriage,  as  follows:  — 

1.  If  both  parties  reside  in  one  city  or  town  within  the  State,  a  certificate 
from  the  clerk  or  registrar  of  such  city  or  town; 

2.  If  the  parties  reside  in  different  places  within  the  State,  a  certificate  from 
each  of  the  two  places; 

3.  If  one  of  the  parties  resides  within  the  State  and  the  other  without,  a 
certificate  from  such  place  within  the  State; 

4.  If  both  parties  reside  without  the  State,  a  certificate  from  the  place  (city 
or  town)  where  the  marriage  is  to  be  solemnized; 

5.  Any  certificate  of  intention  of  marriage  is  void  if  not  used  within  six 
months  of  date  of  issue,  or  if  it  contains  any  unauthorized  erasures  or  correc- 
tions. 

Requirements  after  Solemnizing  a  Marriage. 

General  Laws,  chapter  207,  section  40,  states:  ''Every  justice  of  the  peace, 
minister,  etc.,  shall  make  and  keep  a  record  of  each  marriage  solemnized  by 
him  .  .  .  ,  and  of  all  facts  relative  to  the  marriage  required  to  be  recorded  by 
the  provisions  of  General  Laws,  chapter  46,  section  L" 

The  marriage  certificate  blanks.  Forms  R-101,  102  and  103,  supplied  by  the 
Commonwealth,  copies  of  which  can  be  obtained  from  any  clerk  or  registrar  in 
the  State,  are  designed  to  cover  the  minimum  requirements  of  General  Laws, 
chapter  46,  section  1.  If  a  copy  of  the  marriage  intention,  completely  filled 
out,  or  a  record  book,  setting  forth  all  the  information  given  on  same,  is  kept. 


32  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

the  provisions  of  the  law  will  be  fulfilled.  Xo  less  information  will  answer  the 
requirements  of  law. 

General  Laws,  chapter  207,  section  40,  states  in  substance  that  every  justice 
of  the  peace,  minister,  etc.,  shall,  between  the  first  and  tenth  days  of  the  month 
following  each  marriage  solemnized  by  him,  return  a  certificate  of  marriage 
completely  filled  out,  not  only  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  of  the  city  or  town  in 
which  the  marriage  was  solemnized  but  also  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  of  the  city 
or  town  given  as  the  domicile  of  each  of  the  contracting  parties. 

In  other  words,  each  certificate  of  intention  of  marriage  must  be  returned, 
properly  endorsed,  by  the  person  officiating,  to  the  clerk  or  registrar  issuing 
same,  and  in  addition,  if  the  marriage  is  solemnized  in  some  city  or  town  other 
than  that  issuing  certificate  of  intention,  he  shall  make  a  return  to  that  place. 

Number  of  Marriages  and  Marriage  Rates.  —  Marriages  solemnized 
in  Massachusetts  during  1919  numbered  34,329,  corresponding  to  a 
rate  of  17.9  persons  married  per  1,000  population  at  all  ages.  This 
rate  is  3  above  the  rate  for  1918,  .3  above  the  average  rate  (17.6) 
for  the  decade  1909  to  1918,  and  .1  below  the  average  for  the  fifty- 
year  period  1870  to  1919.  The  number  of  marriages  solemnized  in 
1919  was  5,166,  or  17.7  per  cent  more  than  the  number  in  1918. 
The  number  of  persons  married  per  1,000  population  during  the 
sixty-nine  years,  1851  to  1919,  has  ranged  between  a  maximum  of 
24.8  in  1854  and  a  minimum  of  14.9  in  1878  and  1918.  The  average 
annual  rate  for  the  period  1870  to  1919  is  18.  In  1919  the  marriage 
rate  for  males  was  18.2  per  1,000  male  population.  The  rate  for 
females  was  17.6  per  1,000  female  population.  Corresponding  rates 
for  1918  were  15.2  and  14.6. 

Place  of  Marriage.  —  Boston  had  the  highest  marriage  rate  (21.7) 
of  any  city  having  over  100,000  inhabitants,  followed  by  Lowell  with 
21.5;  Fail  River,  21.4;  New  Bedford,  20.8;  Cambridge,  20.7; 
Springfield,  19.8;    and  Worcester,  17.6. 

It  is  a  noticeable  feature  that  the  marriage  rates  in  the  large  cities 
run  considerably  larger  than  the  rate  throughout  the  State.  It  was 
thought  that  this  might  be  accounted  for  in  a  measure  by  the 
natural  tendency  of  people  to  go  to  the  larger  cities  for  marriage 
purposes,  but  this  theory  is  found  to  be  partially  untrue,  at  least,  by 
an  examination  of  the  new  part  added  to  Table  7,  giving  the  resi- 
dence of  the  contracting  parties. 

It  will  be  noted  that  4,155  couples  (12.1  per  cent  of  the  total 
marriages)  were  married  in  cities  and  towns  in  the  Commonwealth 
in  which  neither  the  bride  nor  the  groom  claimed  residence.  The 
seven  cities  previously  mentioned   as  having  the  highest   marriage 


No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


33 


rates  reported  a  total  of  15,830  marriages,  or  46  per  cent  of  the 
total  number  in  the  entire  St?te.  Of  these,  1,687  (10.6  per  cent) 
were  between  couples  neither  of  whom  gave  the  place  of  marriage  as 
their  residence. 

Springfield  shows  the  highest  percentage  of  such  marriages,  14.2, 
with  Cambridge  second,  14,  and  Boston  third,  13.  Eliminating  from 
the  seven  cities  having  the  highest  marriage  rates  all  marriages  in 
which  neither  of  the  contracting  parties  is  a  resident  of  the  place  in 
which  the  marriage  was  solemnized  would  still  leave  these  cities  with 
a  combined  marriage  rate  of  18.6,  i.e.,  .7  higher  than  the  average 
throughout  the  State. 

Age  at  Marriage.  —  One  out  of  every  three  persons  married  was 
between  the  ages  of  20  and  25  years,  —  32.5  per  cent  of  the  grooms 
and  40.1  per  cent  of  the  brides.  In  19.1  per  cent  of  the  marriages 
both  parties  were  between  20  and  25  years  of  age;  14.6  per  cent 
were  between  males  25  to  29  years  of  age  and  females  20  to  24  years 
of  age;  9.9  per  cent  between  males  20  to  24  years  of  age  and  females 
under  20  years  of  age.  Under  the  age  of  20  years  there  were  961 
grooms,  or  2.8  per  cent  of  all  men  married,  and  5,483  brides,  or  16 
per  cent  of  all  the  women  married.  At  the  other  extreme  of  life, 
above  60  years,  415  men  wxre  married,  or  1.2  per  cent,  and  138 
women  were  married,  or  .4  per  cent. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  children  under  20  years 
of  age  married  in  1919:  — 


Sex. 

Children  under  20  Years  of  Age 

MARRIED 

IN  1919. 

Total. 

13 
years. 

14 

years. 

15 

years. 

16 

years. 

17 

years. 

18 

years. 

19 

years. 

Grooms,        .... 
Brides 

961 
5,483 

3 

19 

. 

12 
358 

68 
801 

274 
1,865 

607 
2,355 

First  Marriages  and  Remarriages.  —  Marriages  between  bachelors 
and  maids  form  80.2  per  cent  of  34,329  marriages  which  took  place 
in  1919;  marriages  between  widowers  and  maids  form  7.9  per  cent; 
marriages  between  bachelors  and  widows,  5.7  per  cent;  and  mar- 
riages between  widowers  and  widows,  6.2  per  cent.  There  were  949 
divorced  men  remarried  in  1919,  or  2.8  of  the  total  number  of 
marriages,  and  approximately  one-fifth  (19.6)  of  the  men  remarr^'ing 
were  divorced;    1,221  divorced  women  were  remarried,  3.6  per  cent 


34  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

of  the  total  number  of  marriages,  and  30  per  cent  of  the  women  re- 
marrying were  divorcees. 

Eighteen  and  six-tenths  per  cent  of  the  marriages  between  bach- 
elors and  maids  were  between  those  of  20  to  24  years  of  age;  13.7 
per  cent  were  between  bachelors  25  to  29  years  of  age  and  maids 
20  to  24  years  of  age;  9.7  per  cent  were  between  bachelors  20  to  24 
years  of  age  and  maids  under  20  years  of  age. 

Thirty-seven  and  three-tenths  per  cent  of  the  bachelors  and  44.3 
per  cent  of  the  maids  who  were  married  in  1919  were  20  to  24  years 
of  age;  18  per  cent  of  the  widowers  who  were  married  in  1919  were 
between  35  to  39  years  of  age,  as  compared  with  18.3  per  cent  of  the 
widows. 

One-fifth  (20.1  per  cent)  of  the  widowers  who  married  maids  were 
30  to  34  years  of  age,  while  24.9  per  cent  of  the  maids  who  married 
widowers  were  25  to  29  years  of  age.  The  largest  number  of  mar- 
riages between  widowers  and  maids  (548,  or  20.1  per  cent)  was  be- 
tween widowers  30  to  34  years  of  age  and  maids  25  to  29  years  of 
age. 

Twenty-six  and  one-tenth  per  cent  of  the  bachelors  who  married 
widows  were  25  to  29  years  of  age,  as  compared  with  26.5  per  cent 
of  the  widows  who  married  bachelors.  The  largest  number  of 
marriages  between  bachelors  and  widows  (227,  or  11.7  per  cent)  was 
between  bachelors  25  to  30  years  of  age  and  widows  25  to  29  years 
of  age. 

About  one-sixth  (16  per  cent)  of  the  widowers  who  married  widows 
were  45  to  49  years  of  age,  and  18.3  per  cent  of  the  widows  who 
married  widowers  were  35  to  39  years  of  age.  The  largest  number  of 
marriages  between  widowers  and  widows  (109,  or  5.9  per  cent)  was 
between  widowers  40  to  44  years  of  age  and  widows  35  to  39  years 
of  age. 

Eighty-five  and  nine-tenths  per  cent  of  the  men  who  were  married 
in  1919  were  married  for  the  first  time;  4,533,  or  13.2  per  cent,  were 
married  for  the  second  time;  295,  or  .9  per  cent,  for  the  third  time; 
19  were  married  for  the  fourth  time;  and  1  was  married  for  the  fifth 
time.  Eighty-eight  per  cent  of  the  women  who  were  married  in  1919 
were  maids;  3,863,  or  11.3  per  cent,  were  married  for  the  second 
time;  199,  or  .6  per  cent,  were  married  for  the  third  time;  7  were 
married  for  the  fourth  time;    and  1  for  the  fifth  time. 

Nativity  of  Persons  Married.  —  The  bride  and  groom  were  both 
native  in  54.8  per  cent  of  the  marriages  solemnized  in  1919;    in  23.9 


No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


35 


per  cent  of  the  marriages  both  parties  were  foreign  born;  in  11.6 
per  cent  the  groom  was  foreign-born  and  the  bride  native;  and  in 
9.9  per  cent  the  groom  was  native  and  the  bride  foreign-born. 

Months  in  which  Marriages  were  solemnized.  —  The  most  popular 
month  for  marriage  is  June.  In  1919,  4,890,  or  14.2  per  cent  of  all 
marriages,  were  solemnized  in  that  month.  The  month  showing  the 
second  largest  total  was  October,  4,222,  with  November  third,  4,047. 

Only  9,955  marriages  were  solemnized  during  the  first  five  months 
of  1919,  as  against  17,169  during  the  last  five.  Over  one-third  of  the 
entire  number  of  marriages  for  the  year  occurred  during  the  months 
of  September,  October  and  November,  and  22,059  (64.3  per  cent)  of 
the  total  number  of  marriages  were  solemnized  during  the  summer 
and  fall  months,  June  to  November,  inclusive. 

Daily  Averages  of  Marriages.  —  The  average  daily  marriages  for 
the  year  totaled  94,  an  increase  of  14  over  the  average  in  1918. 
While  some  5,166  more  marriages  were  reported  in  1919  than  in 
1918,  the  daily  averages  for  1919  were  less  by  nearly  5  for  the  first 
five  months  than  in  1918. 

The  daily  averages  for  October  and  November  (136  and  135)  were 
much  larger  than  in  1918  and  the  highest  ever  recorded  for  those 
months.  Although  fewer  marriages  were  solemnized  during  1919  than 
in  the  two  years  having  the  largest  previous  grand  totals,  1917  and 
1916,  the  daily  average  for  the  last  six  months  of  1919  is  greater 
than  for  either  of  these  years.  This  increase  is  particularly  noticeable 
in  the  last  quarter. 


Average 

D.\1LY   NUM 

BER  OF  Marriages 

:  1917 

1918 

AND   1919. 

Years. 

^^ 

>, 

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1 

J 

8 

5 

'-5 

1 

J 

IS 

1 

< 

^ 

m 

6 

~5 

3 

M 
< 

c 

S 

G 
> 
O 

S 

1917, 

104 

83 

89 

39 

130 

96 

185 

99 

93 

112 

119 

120 

85 

1918, 

80 

78 

72 

48 

89 

72 

137 

78 

86 

98 

72 

79 

51 

1919,       . 

94 

60 

69 

50 

78 

72 

163 

76 

95 

120 

136 

1.35 

75 

Increase  in 

1919   AS   COMPARED 

WITH 

1918. 

Number, 

14 

181 

31 

2 

111 

- 

26 

21 

9 

22 

64 

56 

24 

Per  cent, 

17.5 

23.11 

4.21 

4.2 

12.41 

- 

19.0 

2.61 

10.5 

22.4 

88.9 

70.9 

47.1 

1  Denotes  decrease. 


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MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


STATISTICAL   TABLES. 


Table  7 

Marriages,  classified  by 

Nativity  of  Bride  and  Groom,  in  Each 

County  and  Ml-nicipality:   1919. 

Marriages,  classified  by 

Residence  of  Bride  and 

Groom,  in  each  County  and 

Municipality:   1919. 

Counties  and  Mu- 

Total 
couples. 

Nativity. 

Groom 
and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 

Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Groom 
and 
bride 
non- 

nicipalities.! 

bride 

AND    groom 

both  — 

Native 
groom 
1     and 
foreign 
bride. 

Foreign 
groom 

and 
native 
bride. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

resi- 
dents. 

The  State. 

34,329 

18,806 

8,152 

3,387 

3,984 

20,496 

1,791 

7,887 

4,155 

COUXTIES. 

Barnstable, 

Berkshire, 

Bristol,      .... 

Dukes 

Essex 

219 
875 

3,440 
33 

4,333 

150 
616 

1,620 
17 

2,389 

20 

118 

1,047 

3 

972 

22 

60 

334 

4 

467 

27 
81 

439 
9 

505 

104 
527 

2,446 
12 

2,648 

13 
45 

102 
2 

235 

53 

197 

574 

8 

996 

49 
106 
318 

11 
454 

Franklin, 

Hampden, 

Hampshire, 

Middlesex, 

Nantucket, 

382 
2,540 

560 

6,466 

18 

297 
1,431 

349 

3,829 

13 

40 

594 

115 

1,260 

23 
198 

36 

702 

2 

22 
317 

60 

675 

3 

179 
1,580 

304 

3,202 

9 

29 
144 

16 
391 

1 

95 

536 

186 

2,004 

3 

79 
280 

54 

869 

5 

Norfolk 

Plymouth, 

Suffolk,     .... 

Worcester, 

1,562 
1,267 
8,868 
3,766 

918 

820 

4,135 

2,222 

309 

204 

2,678 

792 

164 
106 
973 
296 

171 

137 

1,082 

456 

673 

720 
5,675 
2,417 

103 

80 
496 
134 

558 

292 

1,532 

853 

228 

175 

1,165 

362 

Municipalities. 
Abington, 

Acton,       .... 
Acushnet, 

Adams,      .... 
Agawam, 

42 
9 
24 
123 
24 

37 
6 
11 
65 
19 

6 
25 

1 

3 
15 

4 
3 
4 
18 
5 

10 
2 

71 
8 

4 

1 
1 
7 
3 

23 
3 

7 

39 

5 

5 
3 

16 
6 

8 

Alford,      .... 

Amesbury, 

Amherst, 

Andover, 

Arlington, 

1 
88 
43 
78 
124 

63 
39 
46 
83 

6 

4 
9 
17 

1 
11 

8 
11 

8 

15 

13 

42 
21 

44 
38 

1 
13 

9 

2 
9 

19 
54 

9 

6 

13 

23 

Ashburnham,  . 

Ashby,      .... 

Ashfield 

Ashland,  .... 
Athol 

10 
6 
5 

12 
97 

7 
6 
5 
9 
69 

2 

1 
15 

1 
8 

1 

1 
5 

4 

1 

2 

2 

65 

1 
4 

3 

2 
8 
19 

3 
4 

1 
2 
9 

Attleboro,      . 
Auburn,    .... 
Avon,        .... 
Ayer,         .... 
Barnstable, 

215 

28 
18 
58 
34 

144 
25 
14 
46 
23 

25 

1 
1 
2 

1 

18 

5 

5 

28 
2 
3 
5 
5 

93 
11 

>I 

19 

5 

1 

1 

25 

1 

43 
14 
10 
4 
6 

74 
2 

15 

8 

Barre 

Becket 

Bedford,   .... 
Belchertown,    . 
Bellingham, 

16 
2 
6 

14 
5 

8 
2 
5 
7 
3 

4 

4 
2 

1 
1 

3 
3 

8 

1 
6 
3 

1 
1 

- 

5 

1 
2 
2 
2 

2 

3 
6 

Belmont,  .... 

Berkley 

Berlin,       .... 
Bernardston,     . 
Beverly, 

75 

3 

5 

6 

163 

37 
3 
4 
6 

92 

18 

28 

9 

23 

11 

1 
20 

18 

1 
4 
3 
97 

2 
1 

1 

1 

10 

30 
42 

25 

1 

2 
14 

1  Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


No.  1.] 


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Table  7 


Municipalities.! 


Billerica,  . 
Blackstone, 
Blandford, 
Bolton,      . 

BOSTOX,     . 

Bourne,     . 
Boxborough, 
Boxford,    . 
Boylston, 
Braintree, 

Brewster, 

Bridgewater, 

Brimfield, 

Brocktox, 

Brookfield, 

Brookline, 
Buckland, 
Burlington, 
Cambridge, 
Canton,     . 

Carlisle,     . 

Carver, 

Charlemont, 

Charlton, 

Chatham, 

Chelmsford, 
Chelsea, 
Cheshire, 
Chester,    . 
Chesterfield, 

Chicopee, 
Chilmark, 
Clarksburg, 
Clinton,    . 
Cohasset, 

Colrain,     . 
Concord,  . 
Conway,   . 
Cummington, 
Dalton,     . 

Dana, 
Dan  vers,  . 
Dartmouth, 
Dedham, 
Deerfield, 

Dennis,  . 

Dighton,  . 

Douglas,  . 
Dover, 

Dracut,  . 

Dudley,    . 

Dunstable, 

Duxbury, 

East  Bridgewater, 

East  Longmeadow, 


Marriages,  cl.\ssified  by 

Nativity  of  Bride  axd  Groom,  ix  Each 

CouxTY  AXD  Muxicipality:  1919. 


Total 
couples 


33 

33 

7 

1 

8,122 

20 

5 

2 

52 


47 

2 

609 

18 


21 

3 

,132 

27 

3 
7 
6 
14 
16 

44 

413 

8 

5 

1 

283 
1 
1 

138 
32 

11 

53 

1 

3 

17 


Nativity. 


bride 
AND  groom 

BOTH  — 


N  ti 

For- 

eign. 

25 

2 

19 

9 

5 

1 

_ 

3,812 

2,427 

11 

1 

5 

- 

28 

6 

5 

_ 

28 

11 

2 

367 

120 

16 

181 

119 

18 

- 

1 

_ 

606 

290 

19 

5 

3 

_ 

3 

3 

6 

- 

10 

_ 

13 

1 

29 

5 

151 

181 

6 

2 

- 

1 

- 

137 

1 

81 

81 

34 

21 

4 

11 

_ 

34 

7 

3 

_ 

15 

1 

4 

_ 

45 

8 

7 

2 

42 

6 

10 

10 

11 

1 

9 

4 

8 

1 

5 

1 

7 

2 

_ 

2 

2 

_ 

8 

1 

19 

3 

9 

Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 


121 


20 


Foreign 
groom 

and 
native 
bride. 


995 

7 


20 

1 

2 

115 

3 


Marriages,  classified  by 

Residexce  of  Bride  axd 

Groom,  ix  Each  Couxty  axd 

Mtjxicipality:  1919. 


Groom 
and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 


14 
13 

2 

1 
5,298 

10 


87 

2 

1 

555 

14 


216 
3 
1 

1 


22 


Groom 

Bride 

a  resi- 

a resi- 

dent. 

dent. 

1 

14 

4 

11 

1 

3 

443 

1,321 

1 

2 

1 

1 

4 

21 

2 

_ 

4 

12 

30 

121 

1 

7 

16 

180 

4 

5 

_ 

2 

83 

335 

1 

10 

_ 

2 

_ 

1 

_ 

2 

1 

4 

1 

14 

33 

94 

_ 

3 

- 

1 

12 

79 

2 

49 

2 

11 

_ 

5 

4 

19 

- 

1 

_ 

1 

- 

7 

1 

2 

4 

25 

1 

5 

6 

24 

3 

5 

1 

4 

2 

5 

_ 

3 

- 

4 
7 

- 

1 

1 

4 

6 

6 

- 

2 

Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


38 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  7 


Municipalities. 


East  ham, 
Easthampton, 
East  on, 
Edgartown, 
Egremont, 

Enfield,     . 

Er\-ing, 

Essex, 

Everett, 

Fairhaven, 

Fall  River, 
Falmouth, 

FiTCHBURG, 

Florida,  . 
Foxborough, 

Framingham, 
Franklin, 
Freetown, 
Gardner,  . 
Gay  Head, 

Georgetown, 
Gill, 

GlO re  ESTER, 

Goshen,  . 
Gosnold,  . 

Grafton,   . 

Granby,    . 

Granville, 

Great  Harrington, 

Greenfield, 

Greenwich, 
Groton, 
Groveland, 
Hadley,    . 
Halifax,    . 

Hamilton, 
Hampden, 
Hancock, 
Hanover, 
Hanson,    . 

Hardwick, 
Harvard, 
Harwich, 
Hatfield,  . 
Haverhill, 

Hawley,    . 
Heath,      . 
Hingham, 
Hinsdale, 
Holbrook, 

Holden,  . 
Holland,  . 
Holliston, 

HOLYOKE, 

Hopedale, 


Marriages,  cl.^sified  by 

Nativity'  of  Bride  and  Groom,  in  Each 

County  and  Municipality:   1919. 


Total 
couples 


5 
123 


2 

4 
6 

18 

295 

44 

1,296 
29 


25 

141 

51 

4 

114 


23 

4 

202 

3 

1 

39 

3 

4 

39 

146 


14 
10 
11 
5 

3 

2 

14  i 
10 

17 

7 

18 

14 

455 


14 

3 

17 

537 


Nativity. 


BRIDE 

and  groom 

BOTH  — 


Native 


5 

55 

22 

2 

2 

3 

6 

15 

179 

30 

629 
20 
193 


20 

4 

126 

2 

1 

27 
3 
3 

27 
114 


295 


1 
31 

8 
14 

12 
3 

14 

283 

4 


For- 


42 


371 

5 

165 


24 


31 


Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 


132 

47 

3 

16 
3 


Foreign 
groom  I 

and 
native 
bride. 


18  j 

1  i 


1 

35 

4 

164 

3 

55 


Marriages,  classified  by 

Residence  of  Bride  and 

Groom,  in  Each  County  and 

Municipality:  1919. 


Groom 
and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 


1 

2 

138 

14 

972 

17 

277 


2 
140 

1 

23 

1 
25 

89 


3 

5 

8 

331 


24 
2 
6 

5 
1 

7 

377 

4 


Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 


Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 


3 

28 
10 

2 
1 

2 

4 

2 

100 

21 

213 

8 

105 

7 

46 
14 

26 


1 
8 
1 
6 

6 
1 

7 

127 

2 


1  Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


39 


Table  7 


Municipalities.! 


Hopkinton, 
Hubbardston, 
Hudson,  . 
Hull, 
Huntington, 

Ipswich,  . 
Kingston, 
Lakeville, 
Lancaster, 
Lanes  borough, 

Lawrence, 
Lee,  . 
Leicester, 
Lenox, 
Leominster, 

Leverett,  . 
Lexington, 
Leyden,  . 
Lincoln,  . 
Littleton, 

Longmeadow, 
Lowell,  . 
Ludlow,    . 
Lunenburg, 
Lynn, 

Lynnfield, 
Malden,  . 
Manchester, 
Mansfield, 
Marblehead, 

Marion,     . 

Marlborough 

Marshfield, 

Mashpee, 

Mattapoisett 

Maynard, 
Medfield, 
Medford, 
Medway,  . 
Melrose, 

Mendon,  . 

Merrimac, 

Methuen, 

Middleborough 

Middlefield, 

Middleton, 
Milford,     . 
Millbury, 
Millis, 
Millville,  . 

Milton,  . 
Monroe,  . 
Monson,  . 
Montague, 
Monterey, 


Marriages,  classified  by 

Nativity  of  Bride  and  Groom,  in  Each 

County  and  Municipality:   1919. 


Total 
couples. 


63 
23 

1 
18 

4 

1,030 

32 

38 

19 

142 


10 

1,206 

52 

4 

1,036 

2 
434 


121 
10 
1 
4 

73 
22 

291 
25 

122 


Nativity. 


bride 
and  groom 

BOTH  — 


Native. 


12 
3 
49 
13 
5 

17 
16 

1 
15 

3 

387 
29 
29 
11 

104 

2 
34 


7 

539 

25 

3 

592 

1 

253 

6 

27 
22 

7 
105 
8 
1 
3 

33 

12 

201 

16 

86 

1 
5 

68 
56 


For- 
eign. 


389 
2 
4 
2 


2 

355 

11 

1 

195 


94 


Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 


7 
1 

2 
1 

118 


Foreign 
groom 

and 
native 
bride. 


136 

1 

1 

4 

15 


Marriages,  classified  by 

Residence  of  Bride  and 

Groom,  in  Each  County  and 

Municipality:   1919. 


Groom 
and 
bride 

resi- 
dents. 


724 

14 

10 

7 

66 


1 

1 

1 

901 

26 

2 

m 


Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 


Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 


6 
200 
21 

1 
210 

1 

117 

4 

11 

12 

3 
42 

1 


47 


1  Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


40 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Marriages,  classified  by 

Table  7 

M.A.RRIAGES,    classified   BY                    j 

Nativity  of  Bride  axd  Groom,  in  Each 
Col-nty  and  Ml-nicipality:   1919. 

Residence  of  Bride  and 

Groom,  in  Each  County  and 

Municipality:   1919. 

Nativity. 

Groom 
and 
bride 
non- 

Municipalities.! 

Groom 

Total 
couples. 

bride 

and  groom 

both  — 

Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 

Foreign 
groom 

and     I 
native 
bride.  1 

and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 

Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

resi- 
dents. 

Montgomery,    . 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Mount  Washington, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Nahant,    .... 

8 

8 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

5 

2 

Nantucket, 

18 

13 

- 

2 

3 

9 

1 

3 

5 

Natick 

85 

60 

10 

9 

6 

40 

11 

28 

6 

Need  ham, 

40 

28 

6 

3 

i 
3 

18 

- 

18 

4 

New  Ashford,  . 

— 

— 

— 

— 

- 

— 

— 

— 

— 

New  Bedford, 

1,248 

426 

529 

129 

164 

1,015 

37 

150 

46 

New  Braintree, 

2 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

2 

New  Marlborough,  . 

3 

3 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

1 

1 

1 

New  Salem, 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

Newbury, 

13 

12 

- 

- 

1  ! 

3 

2 

3 

5 

Newburypoet, 

141 

93 

16 

21 

11 

65 

10 

46 

20 

Newton, 

319 

201 

55 

40 

23 

120 

16 

143 

40 

Norfolk,    .... 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

North  Ad.\ms, 

209 

153 

22 

15 

19 

129 

11 

46 

23 

North  Andover, 

50 

29 

7 

7 

7 

22 

5 

18 

5 

North  Attleborough, 

98 

66 

11 

8 

13 

50 

3 

24 

21 

North  Brookfield,     . 

16 

13 

1 

- 

2 

10 

- 

5 

1 

North  Reading, 

4 

4 

- 

- 

- 

1 

2 

- 

1 

North.\mptox, 

194 

135 

22 

17 

20 

114 

7 

61 

12 

Northborough, 

24 

20 

3 

- 

1 

7 

2 

9 

6 

Northbridge,    . 

81 

39 

14 

12 

16 

53 

3 

22 

3 

Northfield, 

16 

14 

- 

- 

9 

3 

3 

6 

4 

Norton,     .... 

6 

4 

1 

- 

i 

2 

- 

2 

2 

Norwell,    .... 

5 

4 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

2 

2 

Norwood, 

76 

41 

18 

7 

10 

43 

5 

19 

9 

OakBluff.s,        . 

17 

6 

3 

3 

5 

7 

1 

3 

6 

Oakham,  .... 

2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

Orange 

43 

35 

3 

1 

4 

21 

3 

8 

11 

Orleans,    .... 

15 

13 

_ 

2 

- 

6 

1 

4 

4 

Otis,          .... 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

Oxford 

21 

15 

2 

2 

2 

14 

- 

7 

- 

Palmer 

64 

36 

14 

4 

10 

38 

3 

16 

7 

Paxton 

3 

2 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

Peabody, 

147 

72 

52 

13 

10 

73 

8 

57 

9 

Pelham 

2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

Pembroke, 

2 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

Pepperell, 

16 

12 

1 

1 

2 

7 

- 

5 

4 

Peru 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

~ 

Petersham, 

5 

5 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

3 

- 

Phillipston, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Pittsfield, 

339 

235 

54 

22 

28 

240 

15 

54 

30 

Plainfield, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Plainville, 

4 

3 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

1 

1 

Plymouth, 

101 

37 

32 

16 

16 

68 

3 

20 

10 

Plympton, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Prescott,  .... 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

Princeton, 

5 

5 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

1 

1 

Provincetown, 

30 

16 

5 

5 

4 

17 

3 

4 

6 

QUINCY 

419 

216 

90 

53 

60 

257 

29 

94 

39 

Randolph, 

30 

24 

- 

1 

5 

13 

1 

15 

1 

Raynham, 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Reading 

60 

40 

10 

4 

6 

26 

6 

19 

9 

Rehoboth, 

11 

9 

1 

~ 

1 

3 

" 

4 

4 

Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


Xo.  1. 


MARRIAGE   STATISTICS. 


41 


Table  7 

Marriages,  cla.ssified  by 
X.A.TIVITY  OF  Bride  and  Groom,  in  E.\ch 

Marriages,  cl.vssified  by 
Residence  of  Bride  .\nd 

Cou 

NTY  AND  Municipality:  1919. 

Groom 
M 

,   in    tLACK  ^...OUNTY  .\ND 

unicipality:   1919. 

Municipalities.! 

Nativity. 

Groom 

Groom 

Total 
couples. 

BRIDE              i 
AND    GROOM       , 
BOTH  — 

Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 

Foreign 
groom  i 

and 
native 

and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 

Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 

and 
bride 
non- 

For- 
eign. 

resi- 
dents. 

Native. 

bride. 

bride. 

Revere,  .... 

239 

110 

56 

24 

49 

123 

10 

79 

27 

Richmond, 

5 

4 

- 

1 

3 

1 

1 

Rochester, 

3 

2 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

2 

1 

Rockland, 

60 

48 

4 

3 

5 

29 

4 

23 

4 

Rockport, 

37 

27 

5 

3 

2 

14 

5 

8 

10 

Rowe,        .... 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Rowley,    .... 

7 

6 

- 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

3 

3 

Royalston, 

4 

3 

1 

- 

2 

_ 

1 

1 

Rus.sell,     .... 

3 

3 

- 

- 

_ 

3 

- 

Rutland,  .... 

7 

5 

1 

- 

1 

2 

1 

4 

Salem,      .... 

383 

220 

82 

32 

49 

204 

17 

108 

54 

Salisbury, 

15 

15 

4 

4 

7 

Sandisfield, 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

Sandwich, 

14 

5 

4 

3 

2 

6 

1 

4 

3 

Saugus,     .... 

68 

48 

6 

5 

9 

28 

6 

29 

5 

Savoy 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Scituate 

23 

21 

- 

1 

1 

11 

1 

8 

3 

Seekonk 

14 

12 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

2 

5 

5 

Sharon,     .... 

0 

3 

- 

1 

1 

1 

4 

Sheffield, 

12 

11 

- 

- 

1 

4 

- 

5 

3 

Shelburne, 

8 

8 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

1 

3 

1 

Sherborn, 

2 

2 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

1 

Shirley,     .... 

22 

13 

3 

3 

3 

10 

8 

4 

Shrewsbury,     . 

11 

11 

_ 

_ 

4 

_ 

5 

2 

Shutesbury, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Somerset, 

29 

21 

6 

_ 

2 

9 

1 

3 

SOMERVILLE,      . 

678 

426 

102 

68 

82 

286 

38 

O" 

77 

South  Hadley, 

43 

29 

7 

5 

2 

16 

1 

"20 

6 

Southampton, 

- 

Southborough, 

11 

6 

1 

2 

2 

5 

2 

3 

1 

Southbridge,     . 

144 

85 

23 

11 

25 

114 

3 

22 

5 

Southwick, 

5 

3 

- 

1 

1 

4 

1 

Spencer,    .... 

63 

55 

- 

4 

4 

32 

1 

26 

4 

Springfield, 

1,257 

706 

306 

104 

141 

803 

86 

189 

179 

Sterling,    .... 

7 

5 

1 

1 

2 

4 

1 

Stockbridge,     . 

4 

3 

1 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

1 

Stoneham, 

67 

57 

4 

4 

2 

31 

2 

25 

9 

Stoughton, 

38 

31 

3 

1 

3 

19 

2 

16 

1 

Stow 

5 

4 

1 

- 

- 

4 

_ 

1 

Sturbridge, 

9 

9 

- 

1 

- 

4 

2 

2 

1 

Sudbury, 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

Sunderland, 

4 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

Sutton,      .... 

13 

6 

6 

1 

- 

9 

- 

4 

Swampscott,     . 

57 

36 

9 

6 

6 

19 

6 

20 

12 

Swansea,  .... 

24 

12 

6 

1 

5 

4 

3 

9 

8 

Taunton, 

304 

171 

65 

28 

40 

222 

14 

43 

25 

Templeton, 
Tewksbury, 

30 

26 

- 

3 

1 

17 

2 

9 

2 

12 

9 

_ 

2 

1 

7 

3 

2 

Tisbury,  .... 

9 

6 

_ 

3 

2 

1 

3 

3 

Tolland 

- 

- 

- 

Topsfield, 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Townsend, 

9 

4 

1 

_ 

4 

4 

1 

4 

_ 

Truro 

4 

3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

Tyngsborough, 

8 

7 

1 

- 

3 

_ 

2 

3 

TjTingham, 

" 

" 

" 

" 

~ 

~ 

~ 

Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


42 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  7 

Marriages,  cl.'VSsified  by 

Nativity  of  Bride  and  Groom,  in  Each 

County  and  Municipality:   1919. 

Marriages,  classified  by 

Residence  of  Bride  and 

Groom,  in  Each  County  and 

Municip.'VLIty:   1919. 

Municipalities.! 

Nativity. 

Groom 
and 
bride 
non- 

Groom 

Total 
couples. 

BRIDE 

and  groom 
both  — 

Native 
groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 

Foreign 
groom 

and 
native 
bride. 

and 
bride 
resi- 
dents. 

Groom 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Bride 
a  resi- 
dent. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

resi- 
dents. 

Upton,      .... 

12 

10 

1 

_ 

1 

6 

_ 

4 

2 

Ux  bridge, 

53 

33 

7 

5 

8 

23 

5 

15 

10 

Wakefield, 

105 

66 

15 

10 

14 

46 

5 

42 

12 

Wales 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Walpole 

35 

21 

6 

3 

5 

17 

2 

10 

6 

Waltham, 

245 

153 

39 

30 

23 

148 

10 

70 

17 

Ware 

75 

35 

27 

4 

9 

34 

- 

36 

5 

Wareham, 

45 

29 

9 

2 

5 

29 

2 

6 

8 

Warren 

26 

15 

7 

3 

1 

15 

7 

4 

Warwick, 

4 

3 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

3 

1 

Washington,      . 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Watertown, 

173 

107 

37 

15 

14 

60 

11 

58 

44 

Wayland, 

9 

9 

- 

- 

- 

3 

1 

3 

2 

Webster, 

137 

78 

29 

11 

19 

75 

6 

34 

22 

Wellesley, 

41 

32 

5 

2 

2 

9 

4 

19 

9 

Weimeet,  .         . 

6 

4 

_ 

1 

1 

_' 

_ 

2 

4 

Wendell, 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

Wen  ham, 

4 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

West  Boylston, 

6 

5 

- 

- 

1 

2 

- 

4 

_ 

West  Bridgewater,    . 

7 

3 

2 

1 

1 

3 

- 

1 

3 

West  Brookfield, 

6 

2 

- 

2 

2 

1 

- 

4 

1 

West  Newbury, 

3 

1 

- 

2 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

West  Springfield,      . 

94 

82 

3 

5 

4 

27 

7 

38 

22 

West  Stockbridge,    . 

9 

6 

1 

- 

2 

- 

1 

4 

4 

West  Tisbury, 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

West  borough,  . 

41 

32 

3 

3 

3 

23 

1 

10 

7 

Westfield, 

150 

82 

42 

7 

19 

88 

10 

34 

18 

Westford, 

10 

7 

2 

1 

- 

4 

1 

5 

- 

Westhampton, 

4 

4 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

1 

- 

Westminster,    . 

8 

6 

- 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

3 

Weston,     .... 

10 

8 

_ 

1 

1 

4 

1 

4 

1 

Westport, 

13 

10 

2 

1 

- 

4 

1 

6 

2 

Westwood, 

4 

1 

- 

3 

- 

1 

2 

1 

- 

Weymouth, 

115 

81 

11 

12 

11 

51 

9 

42 

13 

Whately,  .... 

3 

3 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

Whitman, 

70 

55 

2 

3 

10 

26 

4 

17 

23 

Wilbraham, 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

Williamsburg,  . 

13 

11 

- 

- 

2 

3 

1 

6 

3 

William.^town, 

34 

31 

1 

1 

1 

15 

4 

7 

8 

Wilmington,      . 

20 

15 

- 

3 

2 

11 

1 

5 

3 

Winchendon,    . 

44 

31 

5 

3 

5 

31 

2 

8 

3 

Winchester, 

73 

51 

6 

9 

7 

17 

6 

37 

13 

Windsor,  .... 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Winthrop, 

94 

62 

14 

15 

3 

38 

10 

38 

8 

WOBURN, 

105 

64 

16 

12 

13 

60 

4 

36 

5 

Worcester,     . 

1,569 

881 

364 

121 

203 

1,188 

50 

228 

103 

Worthington,    . 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Wrentham, 

14 

10 

1 

2 

1 

6 

- 

6 

2 

Yarmouth, 

8 

8 

" 

" 

"■ 

2 

" 

3 

3 

Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 


No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


43 


Table  8 

Marriages  by  Sex 

Age  and  Marital  Condition:  1919. 

i 

MALES. 

FEMALES. 

Age  at  Marriage. 

tS 

j5 

1 

1 

q 
2 

■e2 

6 

i 

1 
Q 

The  State. 

13  Years  and  Over. 

68,658 

34,329 

29,481 

3,893 

949 

6 

34,329 

30,259 

2,841 

1,221 

8 

Under  20  years, 

6,444 

961 

960 

1 

- 

- 

5,483 

5,455 

19 

9 

- 

20  to  29  years,     . 

43,501 

21,866 

21,241 

495 

129 

1 

21,635 

20,527 

669 

436 

3 

30  to  39  years,     . 

12,673 

7,635 

5,966 

1,296 

373 

- 

5,038 

3,520 

1,017 

497 

4 

40  to  49  years,     . 

3,994 

2,452 

1,107 

1,026 

314 

5 

1,542 

626 

690 

225 

1 

50  to  59  years,     . 

1,493 

1,000 

179 

707 

114 

- 

493 

126 

319 

48 

- 

60  to  69  years,     . 

473 

347 

26 

305 

16 

- 

126 

5 

115 

6 

- 

70  to  79  years,     . 

69 

59 

2 

54 

3 

- 

10 

- 

10 

- 

- 

80  years  and  over. 

11 

9 

- 

9 

- 

- 

2 

- 

2 

- 

44 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.      [P.  D. 


Table  9 

M 

\RRIAGES   BY   MONTHS 

IX  Counties 

Months. 

THE  STATE. 

COUNTIES. 

s 

'5 

6 

OJ 

j; 

^ 

r-. 

c" 

3 

"5 
1^. 

'm 

'o 

i 

S 

^ 

1 

2 

a 

«  2 

.2 

^ 

« 

J 

^ 

<^ 

M 

^ 

Q 

W 

fe 

K 

K 

1 

The  Year. 

34,329 

94 

219 

875 

3,440 

33 

4,333 

382 

2,540 

560 

2 

January, 

1,848 

60 

12 

29 

204 

2 

222 

18 

131 

29 

3 

February, 

1,989 

69 

11 

45 

182 

- 

229 

26 

166 

32 

4 

March, 

1,536 

50 

12 

35 

156 

3 

197 

12 

107 

21 

5 

April,    . 

2,345 

78 

18 

62 

231 

1 

248 

24 

178 

34 

fi 

May,     . 

2,237 

72 

7 

44 

261 

- 

263 

25 

178 

48 

June,     . 

4,890 

163 

28 

141 

447 

- 

616 

53 

367 

73 

8 

July,     . 

2,369 

76 

19 

61 

278 

4 

260 

17 

161 

46 

9 

August, 

2,946 

95 

20 

82 

265 

5 

432 

34 

206 

52 

in 

September, 

3,585 

120 

27 

118 

400 

8 

417 

39 

282 

66 

11 

October, 

4,222 

136 

27 

112 

422 

3 

532 

65 

306 

76 

12 

November, 

4,047 

135 

24 

104 

426 

6 

605 

37 

302 

56 

13 

December, 

2,315 

75 

14 

42 

168 

1 

312 

32 

156 

27 

Table  10 

Marriages  i> 

•  Each  County, 

1 

Counties  and  Sex. 

All 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20  to 
24 

c 

ages. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

The  State. 

1 

Grooms,    . 

34,329 

_ 

_ 

- 

12 

68 

274 

607 

11,156 

2 

Brides,       . 

Barnstable: 

34,329 

3 

19 

82 

358 

801 

1,865 

2,355 

13,752 

3 

Grooms,  . 

219 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

4 

83 

4 

Brides,     . 
Berkshire: 

219 

- 

- 

3 

7 

13 

18 

14 

78 

5 

Grooms,  . 

875 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

6 

21 

269 

6 

Brides,     . 
Bristol: 

875 

- 

1 

1 

18 

18 

48 

74 

321 

7 

Grooms,  . 

3,440 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

4 

51 

79 

1.313 

8 

Brides,     . 
Dukes: 

3,440 

- 

4 

8 

41 

99 

255 

278 

1,413 

9 

Grooms,  . 

33 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

15 

10 

Brides,     . 
Essex: 

33 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

4 

13 

11 

Grooms,  . 

4,333 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

18 

37 

102 

1,456 

12 

Brides,     . 
Franklin: 

4,333 

- 

2 

6 

47 

115 

257 

308 

1,788 

13 

Grooms,  . 

382 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

4 

10 

119 

14 

Brides,     . 
Hampden: 

382 

- 

- 

2 

- 

15 

31 

20 

134 

15 

Grooms,  . 

2,540 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

25 

48 

854 

16 

Brides,     . 
Hampshire: 

2,540 

1 

3 

27 

72 

132 

184 

1,126 

17 

Grooms,  . 

560 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

3 

4 

3 

207 

18 

Brides,     . 
Middlesex: 

560 

- 

- 

1 

6 

IS 

31 

37 

248 

19 

Grooms,  . 

6.466 

- 

- 

4 

9 

38 

116 

2,053 

20 

Brides,     . 
Nantucket : 

6,466 

1 

2 

17 

60 

128 

336 

416 

2,539 

21 

Grooms,  . 

18 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

22 

Brides,     . 
Norfolk: 

18 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

5 

?3 

Grooms,  . 

1,562 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

6 

28 

429 

24 

Brides,     . 
Plymouth: 

1,562 

- 

- 

1 

16 

19 

64 

83 

556 

25 

Grooms,  . 

1,267 

- 

- 

- 

- 

/ 

13 

30 

433 

26 

Brides,     . 
Suffolk: 

1,267 

- 

3 

5 

9 

29 

97 

110 

486 

?7 

Grooms,  . 

8,868 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

13 

49 

83 

2,604 

28 

Brides,     . 
Worcester : 

8,868 

1 

5 

26 

82 

173 

373 

561 

3,496 

29 

Grooms,  . 

3,766 

_ 

- 

- 

2 

8 

36 

82 

1,315 

30 

Brides,     . 

3,766 

1 

1 

9 

47 

101 

220 

265 

1,549 

No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


45 


AND  IX  Cities  having  over  100,000  Inhabitants: 

1919. 

COUNTIES  —  Con. 

CITIES  HAVING  OVER  100,000  INHABITANTS. 

y. 

c 

1 

a 

-d 

o 

2 

^ 

a 

3 

o 

1 

^ 

^ 

q 
o 

1 
O 

> 

i 

5 

is 

"Z 

J 

S 

^ 

'Z 

- 

'j: 

^ 

> 

fe 

^ 

O 

32 

1 

6,466 

18 

1,562 

1,267 

8,868 

3,766 

8,122 

1,569 

1,296 

1,248 

1,132 

1,206 

1,257 

2 

344 

_ 

74 

65 

515 

203 

476 

88 

73 

86 

71 

92 

60 

3 

370 

2 

71 

57 

568 

230 

509 

101 

78 

69 

70 

93 

85 

4 

268 

1 

55 

47 

469 

153 

432 

70 

60 

55 

67 

50 

55 

5 

456 

1 

109 

76 

648 

259 

585 

107 

75 

85 

90 

86 

83 

6 

382 

1 

103 

89 

585 

251 

544 

98 

104 

92 

62 

83 

84 

7 

973 

3 

248 

147 

1,270 

524 

1,163 

207 

175 

150 

167 

170 

167 

8 

413 

133 

102 

640 

235 

571 

99 

95 

113 

69 

73 

84 

9 

539 

3 

112 

113 

753 

330 

691 

138 

98 

94 

100 

98 

114 

10 

698 

5 

172 

123 

821 

409 

743 

168 

169 

141 

134 

99 

132 

11 

818 

1 

215 

170 

996 

479 

922 

203 

161 

146 

116 

140 

146 

12 

735 

1 

170 

166 

953 

462 

883 

193 

163 

149 

116 

136 

153 

13 

470 

100 

112 

650 

231 

603 

97 

45 

68 

70 

86 

94 

BY 

Sex  and  Age: 

1919. 

i 

s 

;3 

25  to 
29 

30  to 
34 

35  to 
39 

40  to 
44 

45  to 
49 

50  to 
54 

55  to 
59 

60  to 
64 

65  to 
69 

70  to 
74 

75  to 
79 

80 

years 
and 
over. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

1 

2 

10,710 
7,883 

5,059 
3,238 

2,576 
1,800 

1,447 
983 

1,005 
559 

620 
329 

380 
164 

237 
89 

110 
37 

40 
8 

19 
2 

9 
2 

3 
4 

65 
40 

12 

17 

17 
13 

9 

7 

5 

1 

7 
3 

7 
4 

4 

1 

~ 

1 

- 

1 

5 
6 

263 
193 

145 

95 

71 

49 

39 
29 

13 
10 

21 
•  13 

9 

1 

9 
3 

2 

5 

2 

1 

- 

7 
8 

953 
697 

456 
272 

235 
153 

119 

92 

93 
56 

49 
35 

41 
21 

26 
10 

14 
5 

2 

1 

4 

1 

9 
10 

8 
10 

3 

2 

3 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

11 
12 

1,364 
938 

583 
389 

307 
210 

171 
124 

127 
63 

65 
47 

51 

22 

30 
11 

16 

4 

2 

1 

3 

1 

13 
14 

127 
98 

51 
25 

19 
18 

18 
19 

14 

8 

5 
•6 

5 

1 

4 
3 

3 
2 

2 

1 

- 

15 
16 

819 
528 

374 
222 

186 
108 

88 
57 

40 
31 

45 
20 

27 
15 

15 

8 

11 
6 

3 

- 

1 

1 

17 
18 

178 
112 

82 
57 

31 

14 

17 
12 

12 
16 

10 
4 

6 

3 

2 

3 

1 

I 

i 

19 
20 

2,073 
1,609 

952 
634 

501 

326 

279 
186 

198 
100 

99 
62 

65 
32 

49 
12 

21 
3 

4 
3 

4 

1 

21 
22 

4 
5 

3 

1 
3 

3 

1 

1 
1 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

23 
24 

522 
440 

275 
189 

114 

98 

67 
47 

59 
27 

28 
9 

12 

7 

10 
2 

4 
3 

3 

1 

- 

3 

25 
26 

364 
253 

179 
122 

91 
65 

52 
37 

39 
23 

30 
16 

11 

8 

9 
3 

4 

1 

5 

_ 

- 

27 
28 

2,792 
2,095 

1,419 
919 

763 
555 

440 
272 

314 
170 

198 
80 

109 
36 

46 
21 

24 
3 

7 

3 

- 

29 
30 

1,178 
865 

525 

295 

237 
186 

144 
100 

90 
53 

63 
34 

37 
17 

31 
13 

10 

6 

1 

2 

1 ■       

46 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  11 

M 

ARRIAGES,    BY   SeX    AND   AgE  :     1919. 

Age  of 

AGE   OF   BRIDES. 

Grooms. 

All 

Ten- 

20 

25 

30 

35 

40 

45 

50 

55 

60 

65 

70 

75 

80 

der 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

and 

ages. 

20. 

24. 

29. 

34. 

39. 

44. 

49. 

54. 

59. 

64. 

69. 

74. 

79. 

over. 

All  Ages. 

34,329 

5,483 

13,752 

7,883 

3,238 

1,800   983 

559 

329 

164 

89 

37 

8 

2 

2 

Under  20,        . 

961 

652 

291 

16 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

20  to  24, 

11,156 

3,392 

6,551 

1,079 

111 

18 

3 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25  to  29, 

10,710 

1,162 

4,998 

3,763 

640 

127 

15 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

30  to  34, 

5,059 

218 

1,394 

1,895 

1,171 

297 

68 

14 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

35  to  39, 

2,576 

45 

377 

770 

681 

492 

163 

41 

5 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

40  to  44, 

1,447 

9 

89 

240 

359 

415 

259 

63 

11 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

45  to  49, 

1,005 

3 

32 

68 

181 

286 

224 

153 

44 

12 

'2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

50  to  54, 

620 

2 

9 

34 

59 

107 

140 

140 

102 

18 

9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

55  to  59. 

380 

_ 

7 

14 

17 

39 

71 

87 

73 

60 

9 

2 

- 

- 

1 

60  to  64, 

237 

_ 

3 

2 

13 

14 

26 

30 

56 

51 

31 

10 

1 

- 

- 

65  to  69, 

110 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

12 

15 

28 

14 

20 

11 

1 

- 

1 

70  to  74, 

40 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

7 

7 

4 

8 

8 

1 

1 

- 

75  to  79, 

19 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

1 

1 

7 

4 

2 

1 

- 

80  and  over,  . 

9 

- 

- 

1 

~ 

~ 

~ 

1 

1 

~ 

2 

1 

3 

' 

" 

Table  12 

First  Marriages,  by  Sex  and  Age:   1919. 

Age  of 

age  of  brides  (maids). 

Grooms 
(B.\chelors). 

All 
ages. 

Un- 
der 
20. 

20 

to 
24. 

25 
to 
29. 

30 

to 
34. 

35 

to 
39. 

40 

to 
44. 

45 
to 
49. 

50 

to 
54. 

55 

to 
59. 

60 

to 
64. 

65 
to 
69. 

70 

to 
74. 

75 

to 
79. 

80 

and 
over. 

All  Ages. 

Under  20,       . 
20  to  24, . 
25  to  29, 
30  to  34, 
35  to  39, 
40  to  44, 
45  to  49, 
50  to  54, 
55  to  59, 
60  to  64, 
65  to  69, 
70  to  74, 
75  to  79, 
80  and  over,  . 

27,539 

952 

10,788 

9,686 

3,813 

1,384 

555 

246 

72 

29 

10 

3 

1 

5,286 

652 

3,339 

1,094 

169 

25 

4 

2 

1 

12,786 

284 

6,387 

4,702 

1,127 

241 

32 

12 

•1 

6,445 

15 

975 

3,352 

1,500 

470 

114 

15 

4 

1,998 

1 

79 

471 

828 

399 

156 

50 

12 

1 

1 

706 

7 

60 

153 

205 

170 

83 

22 

6 

207 

1 

6 

30 

35 

70 

38 

15 

9 

2 

1 

73 

1 
5 
9 
8 
34 
10 
5 

1 

27 

1 

1 
9 
6 
5 
4 
1 

9 

2 
1 
3 
3 

2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


47 


Table  13 

First  M 

ARRIAGES    OF 

Grooms  and  Re 

marriages 

OF  Brides,  by 

Age 

1919 

Age  of 

AGE   OF   BRIDES    (WIDOWS).! 

Grooms 

(Bachelors). 

All 

Un- 

20 

25 

30 

35 

40 

45 

50 

\ib 

60 

65 

70 

75 

80 

der 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

and 

20. 

24. 

29. 

34. 

39. 

44. 

49. 

54. 

59. 

64. 

69. 

74. 

79. 

over. 

All  Ages. 

1,942 

26 

257 

515 

436 

356 

189 

97 

39 

17 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Under  20, 

8 

_ 

6 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

20  to  24, 

260 

16 

112 

86 

31 

11 

2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25  to  29, 

507 

6 

83 

227 

123 

56 

8 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

30  to  34, 

448 

2 

38 

126 

162 

89 

27 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

35  to  39, 

321 

2 

14 

50 

71 

105 

57 

18 

3 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

40  to  44, 

183 

3 

12 

33 

55 

50 

24 

5 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

45  to  49, 

123 

_ 

1 

7 

11 

33 

29 

26 

12 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

50  to  54, 

52 

_ 

_ 

3 

2 

5 

14 

15 

10 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

55  to  59, 

26 

- 

- 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

6 

7 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

60  to  64, 

12 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

3 

4 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

65  to  69, 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

70  to  74, 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

75  to  79, 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

80  and  over,  . 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

Includes  divorced. 


Table  14 

Remarriages  of  Grooms 

AND 

First  Marriages  of 

Bri 

DEs,  BY  Age:   1919. 

Age  OF  Grooms 
(Widowers).  1 

age  of  brides  (maids). 

All 
ages. 

Un- 
der 
20. 

20 

to 
24. 

25 
to 
29. 

30 

to 
34. 

35 

to 
39. 

40 

to 
44. 

45 
to 
49. 

50 

to 
54. 

55 

to 
59. 

60 

to 
64. 

65 

to 
69. 

70 

to 
74. 

75 
to 
79. 

80 

and 
over 

All  Ag< 

Under  20, 
20  to  24, 
25  to  29, 
30  to  34, 
35  to  39, 
40  to  44, 
45  to  49, 
50  to  54, 
55  to  59, 
60  to  64, 
65  to  69, 
70  to  74, 
75  to  79, 
80  and  over. 

3S. 

2,720 

1 

95 

415 

548 

539 

393 

297 

200 

108 

78 

32 

9 

3 

2 

169 

36 

62 

46 

18 

5 

1 

1 

619 

1 

47 

189 

192 

110 

48 

16 

7 

5 

3 

1 

677 

11 
134 

194 

175 

92 

36 

23 

8 

2 

1 

1 

467 

1 

27 
92 
125 
101 
75 
27 

9 
1 
1 

1 

349 

3 

20 
82 
81 
94 
38 
21 
8 
2 

235 

- 
_ 

4 
25 
54 
55 
54 
23 
13 

7 

Ill 

3 

12 

19 

29 

28 

9 

6 

4 

1 

72 

1 

- 

1 

19 

12 

22 

12 

4 

1 

18 

- 

2 
4 
9 
2 

1 

2 

2 

1 
- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1  Includes  divorced. 


48 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  15 

Remarriages  of  Both  Parties  by  Age:   1919. 

Age  of  Grooms 
I  Widowers).  I 

AGE   of   brides    (WIDOWS).l 

All 
ages. 

Un- 
der 
20. 

20 

to 
24. 

25 
to 
29. 

30 

to 
34. 

35 

to 
39. 

40 

to 
44. 

45 
to 
49. 

50 

to 
54. 

55 
to 
59. 

60 

to 
64. 

65 

to 
69. 

70 

to 
74. 

75 

to 
79. 

80 

and 
over. 

All  Age 

Under  20, 
20  to  24, 
25  to  29, 
30  to  34, 
35  to  39, 
40  to  44, 
45  to  49, 
50  to  54, 
55  to  59, 
60  to  64, 
65  to  69, 
70  to  74, 
75  to  79, 
80  and  over, 

3. 

2,128 

13 

102 

250 

332 

316 

339 

296 

217 

137 

74 

30 

15 

7 

2 

1 
1 

90 

5 

24 
37 
12 
6 
3 
1 
2 

246 

50 
75 
75 
22 
10 
4 
3 

337 

19 
89 
86 
69 
45 
18 
7 
4 

8 
35 

76 

42 

10 

6 

2 

1 

352 

1 

7 

46 

85 

102 

57 

37 

11 

5 

1 

278 

5 

11 

19 

74 

86 

52 

19 

8 

3 

1 

191 

1 
5 

22 
67 
50 
27 
15 
3 

1 

120 

1 
1 
1 

i! 

46 
35 
12 

4 

1 

77 

1 

8 
7 
26 
19 
8 
6 
2 

34 

2 

8 

11 

8 
4 

1 

- 

1 
1 
1 

2 
3 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

1  Includes  divorced. 


Table  16 

First  Marriages  and  Remarriages:  1919. 

Grooms. 

Total 
number 

of 
marriages. 

brides. 

First 
marriage. 

Second 
marriage. 

Third 
marriage. 

Fourth 
marriage. 

Fifth 
marriage. 

Total  Number. 

First  marriage 

Second  marriage,  .... 
Third  marriage,     .... 
Fourth  marriage,  .... 
Fifth  marriage,      .         .         .         . 

34,329 

29,481 

4,533 

295 

19 

1 

30,259 

27,539 

2,590 

125 

t 

3,863 

1,881 

1,829 

140 

12 

1 

199 

59 
110 

28 

2 

7 

1 
4 

1 
1 

No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


49 


Table  17 

Marriages,  Marriage  Rates,  and  Nativity  of  Persons 
Married:   1870  to  1919. 

Rates  — 

persons 

MARRIED 

per  1,000 

Nativity  —  percentages. 

Years. 

Total 
Number. 

population.         I 

BRIDE   AND   GROOM 

Native 

Foreign 

Annual. 

Annual 
average. 

BOTH  — 

groom 

and 
foreign 
bride. 

groom 

and 
native 
bride. 

Native. 

Foreign. 

1870 

14,721 

20.2 

- 

56. e 

29.0 

6.1 

8.0 

1871 

1872,    .... 

1873 

1874 

1875,    .... 

15,746 
16,142 
16,437 
15,564 
13,663 

21.1 
21.1 
20.9 
19.3 
16.3 

19.7 

f       55.9 
1        53.9 
\       53.3 
53  7 
I        57.0 

29.4 
30.8 
31.1 
29.3 
27.1 

6.2 
6.9 
6.6 
6.9 
7.1 

8.5 
8.4 
9.0 
9.1 
8.8 

1876 

1877 

1878 

1879,    .... 
1880 

12,749 
12,758 
12,893 
13,802 
15,538 

15.2 
15.0 
14.9 
15.7 
17.4 

\       15.6 

1 

(       58.6 
1        60.1 
\        61.5 
1        62.3 
I       60.1 

25.5 
22.8 
21.5 
20.2 
21.8 

7.6 
8.0 
8.3 
8.3 
9.0 

8.3 
9.1 

8.7 
8.2 
9.1 

1881,  .... 

1882,  .... 

1883 

1884,    .... 
1885 

16,768 
17,684 
18,194 
17,333 
17,052 

18.5 
19.2 
19.4 
18.2 
17.6 

■       18.6 

(        58.1 
1        55.7 
55.0 
1        52.9 
\       53.2 

23.4 
25.6 
26.1 
27.4 
26.6 

10.0 
9.9 
10.0 
10.8 
11.0 

8.5 
8.8 
8.9 
8.9 
9.2 

1886,  .... 

1887,  .... 

1888 

1889 

1890,    .... 

18,018 
19,533 
19,739 
20,397 
20,838 

18.0 
19.0 
18.2 
18.8 
18.6 

1 

18.5 

f       51.5 

49.9 

48.1 

1        46.9 

[       46.1 

27.9 
29.0 
30.6 
31  5 
31.5 

11.2 

11  5 
11.6 

12  1 
12.0 

9.4 
9.6 
9.7 
9.5 
10.4 

1891,  .... 

1892,  .... 

1893,  .... 

1894,  .... 

1895,  .... 

21,675 
22,507 
22,814 
20,619 
23,102 

18.9 
19.2 
19.1 
16.9 
18.5 

18.5 

45.9 
44.6 

i        44.0 
44  5 

[       44.5 

32.4 
34.0 
34.5 
33.6 
33.3 

11.6 
11  3 
11  5 
11.7 
11.8 

10.1 
10.1 
10.0 
10.2 
10.4 

1896 

1897 

1898,    .... 

1899 

1900 

23,651 
23,038 
22,142 
23,523 
24,342 

18.1 
17.6 
16.5 
17.2 
17.4 

■       17.4 

44  0 

43.6 

43.6 

1        43.8 

[       43.9 

33.5 
33.9 
33.3 
32.9 
33.2 

12.0 
12.1 
12.3 
12.5 
12.1 

10.5 
10.4 
10.8 
10.8 
10.8 

1901,    .... 
1902 

1903,  .... 

1904,  .... 
1905 

24,891 
25,685 
26,940 
25,993 
27,184 

17.3 
17.5 
17.9 
16.9 
18.1 

17.5 

43.6 

43.8 

43.5 

1        43.7 

[       44.0 

32.9 
33.0 
34.6 
34.1 
34.2 

12.7 
12.3 
11.6 
11.5 
11.2 

10.8 
10.9 
10.3 
10.7 
10.6 

1606,    .... 

1907,  .... 

1908,  .... 

1909 

1910 

29,654 
31,055 
27,071 
29,002 
30,710 

19.5 
20  1 
17.3 
16.2 

18.2 

18.3 

43.6 
42.4 
42.9 
43.1 
43.2 

34.6 
37.0 
36.6 
35.8 
35.8 

11.3 
10.7 
10.9 
10.5 
10.6 

10.5 
8.9 
9.6 
10  6 
10.5 

1911,  .... 

1912,  .... 

1913,  .... 

1914,  .... 
1915 

32,051 
30,898 
'      31,403 
32,588 
31,301 

18.6 
17.6 
17.6 
17.9 
17.0 

17.7 

I       44.5 
43.5 
43.4 
44.4 
45.3 

35.1 
36.2 
36.4 
36.4 
35.0 

9.8 
9.6 
9.6 
9.2 
9.1 

10.6 
10.6 
10  6 
10.0 
10.6 

1916,  .... 

1917,  .... 

1918,  .... 

1919,  .... 

34,386 
37,945 
29,163 
34,329 

18.2 
19.8 
14.9 
17.9 

17.7 

J 

f        47.0 
J        50.8 
1        52.3 
[       54.8 

33.3 

28.6 
26.6 
23.9 

9.3 
9.8 
9.8 
9.9 

10.3 
10.8 
11.3 
11.6 

50 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Proportions 

OF  First  Marriages  and  Remarriages  per  1,000 

Table  18 

Marriages: 

1901  TO  1919. 

BACHELORS   WHO 

WIDOWERS  WHO 

Years. 

M.VLES. 

females. 

MARRIED  — 

MARRIED  — 

Bache- 
lors. 

Wid- 
owers. 1 

Maids. 

Widows.i 

Maids. 

Widows.i 

Maids. 

Widows.i 

1901 

87.2 

12.8 

90.6 

9.4 

82.5 

4.7 

8.2 

4.6 

1902, 

87.5 

12.5 

90.4 

9.6 

82.7 

4.8 

7.7 

4.8 

1903,  

88.0 

12.0 

90.6 

9.4 

83.2 

4.8 

7.4 

4.6 

1904 

87.8 

12.2 

90.2 

9.8 

82.7 

5.1 

7.5 

4.7 

1905,  

88.2 

11.8 

91.1 

8.9 

83.6 

4.6 

7.5 

4.3 

1906 

88.7 

11.3 

91.2 

8.8 

84.1 

4.6 

7.1 

4.2 

1907 

88.9 

11.1 

91.2 

8.8 

84.3 

4.5 

6.8 

4.3 

1908 

88.0 

12.0 

90.4 

9.6 

83.0 

4.9 

7.4 

4.6 

1909 

88.4 

11.6 

90.9 

9.1 

83.8 

4.6 

7.1 

4.5 

1910 

88.3 

11.7 

90.4 

9.6 

83.5 

4.9 

7.0 

4.7 

1911 

89.0 

11.0 

90.5 

9.5 

84.0 

5.0 

6.5 

4.5 

1912 

89.7 

10.3 

91.8 

8.2 

85.4 

4.2 

6.4 

4.0 

1913 

89.5 

10.5 

91.7 

8.3 

85.4 

4.1 

6.3 

4.2 

1914 

89.6 

10.4 

91.7 

8.3 

85.3 

4.2 

6.4 

4.1 

1915, 

89.6 

10.4 

91.7 

8.3 

85.3 

4.2 

6.4 

4.1 

1916 

89.8 

10.2 

91.3 

8.7 

85.3 

4.6 

6.1 

4.1 

1917 

89.8 

10.2 

90.9 

9.1 

84.9 

4.9 

6.0 

4.2 

1918 

86.7 

13.3 

88.0 

12.0 

80.6 

6.1 

7.4 

5.9 

1919 

85.9 

14.1 

88.0 

12.0 

80.2 

5.7 

7.9 

6.2 

1  Includes  divorced. 


Table  19 

Years. 


1904, 
1905, 
1906. 
1907, 


1909. 
1910. 
1911, 
1912, 
1913, 

1914, 
1915, 
1916, 
1917, 
1918, 

1919, 


Marriages  of  Bachelors.  Maids,  Widowers,^  and  Widows, i  by  Age:  1904  to  1919. 


All 
ages. 


Un- 
der 
20. 


35 
to 
39. 


45 
to 
49. 


50 

to 
54. 


70 
to 
74. 


75  80 
to  and 
79.   over. 


22.828 
23,985 
26.295 
27,597 
23,815 

25,640 
27,132 
28.510 
27.707 
28,110 

29,183 
28,050 
30,893 
34,066 
25,287 

29,481 


461 
591 
640 
673 
620 

685 
658 
756 

775 
819 

878 

809 

882 

1,052 


8,720 

9.195 

10.526 

11,319 

9,679 

10,394 
11,249 
11,695 
11.481 
11,771 

12.439 
11.655 
12,721 
14,049 
9,495 

11,048 


Bachelors. 


8.050 
8.454 
9,051 
9.289 
7.939 

8.529 
9.038 
9.483 
9,430 
9,520 

9,599 
9,433 
10.618 
11.396 
•  7,458 

10,193 


3,501 
3,515 
3.816 
3.861 
3.255 

3.539 
3,692 
3,793 
3,577 
3,559 

3,689 
3,596 
3,921 
4,569 
3,911 

4,261 


1,341 
1,454 
1,459 
1,578 
1,451 

1,540 
1,556 
1,743 
1,527 
1,506 

1,.547 
1,569 
1.602 
1.789 
2.025 

1,705 


462 

187 

66 

26 

11 

2 

1 

_ 

461 

209 

64 

25 

11 

6 

- 

- 

491 

210 

66 

26 

3 

4 

2 

1 

518 

222 

85 

34 

11 

4 

2 

1 

516 

228 

77 

33 

11 

4 

1 

1 

.537 

244 

108 

34 

17 

7 

2 

4 

509 

255 

106 

43 

14 

8 

2 

1 

621 

264 

104 

36 

9 

4 

2 

- 

539 

237 

94 

26 

11 

7 

3 

- 

573 

218 

90 

36 

9 

6 

- 

- 

613 

257 

100 

37 

14 

7 

2 

1 

583 

239 

108 

41 

11 

5 

1 

- 

665 

300 

115 

49 

13 

6 

- 

1 

718 

284 

131 

56 

14 

5 

2 

1 

795 

406 

129 

50 

17 

6 

3 

1 

738 

369 

124 

55 

22 

4 

1 

1 

1  Includes  divorced. 


No.  1.1 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


51 


Table  19 

Marriages  of  Bachelors 

Maids,  Widowers,  i  and  Widows, i  by 

Age 

:  1904  TO  1919. 

Years. 

All 

Un- 

20 

25 

30 

35 

40 

45 

50 

55 

60 

65 

70 

75 

80 

der 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

and 

ages. 

20. 

24. 

29. 

34. 

39. 

44. 

49. 

54. 

59. 

64. 

69. 

74. 

79. 

over. 

Maids. 

1904,      .       . 

23,448 

4,011 

10,720 

5,733 

1,836 

722 

244 

114 

44 

16 

e 

1 

. 

1 

_ 

1905,      .       . 

24,760 

4,411 

11,343 

5,848 

1,978 

758 

239 

115 

48 

11 

6 

3 

- 

- 

- 

1906,      .       . 

27,059 

4,978 

12,375 

6,3.35 

2,160 

766 

264 

108 

39 

21 

8 

4 

1 

- 

- 

1907,      .       . 

28,317 

5,317 

13,170 

6,367 

2,175 

817 

287 

113 

42 

16 

10 

3 

- 

- 

- 

1908,      .       . 

24,484 

4,598 

11,292 

5,384 

1,959 

759 

287 

120 

47 

26 

8 

2 

2 

- 

- 

1909,      .       . 

26,367 

5,053 

11,948 

5,840 

2,127 

894 

297 

133 

45 

17 

10 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1910,      .       . 

27,772 

5,175 

12,815 

6,203 

2,161 

883 

328 

113 

54 

22 

12 

3 

3 

- 

- 

1911,      .       . 

29,003 

5,527 

13,314 

6,427 

2,190 

980 

367 

122 

36 

25 

9 

4 

2 

- 

- 

1912,      .       . 

28,368 

5,439 

13,117 

6,165 

2,150 

899 

356 

156 

62 

17 

6 

1 

- 

- 

-" 

1913,      .       . 

28,789 

5,863 

13,352 

6,098 

2,074 

848 

341 

137 

44 

18 

11 

2 

1 

- 

- 

1914,      .       . 

29,874 

6,315 

14,041 

6,151 

2,025 

906 

358 

153 

61 

28 

11 

4 

1 

- 

- 

1915,      .       . 

28,576 

5,651 

13, .389 

6,030 

2,064 

894 

320 

141 

52 

24 

7 

3 

- 

- 

1 

1916,      .       . 

31,404 

5,945 

14,916 

6,717 

2,280 

940 

332 

178 

53 

31 

8 

3 

1 

- 

- 

1917,      .       . 

34,493 

6,371 

16,250 

7,696 

2,453 

1,071 

375 

168 

71 

28 

6 

4 

- 

- 

- 

1918,      .       . 

25,672 

4,618 

11,234 

5,814 

2,209 

1,070 

433 

184 

62 

26 

14 

7 

- 

1 

- 

1919,      .       . 

30,259 

5,455 

13,405 

7,122 

2,465 

1,055 

442 

184 

99 

27 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

WiDOWERS.l 

1904,      .       . 

3.165 

50 

285 

527 

579 

493 

438 

314 

196 

145 

66 

45 

20 

7 

1905,      .       . 

3,199 

_ 

53 

290 

528 

624 

515 

305 

293 

213 

128 

87 

38 

11 

7 

1906,      .       . 

3,359 

_ 

53 

332 

557 

658 

512 

419 

312 

220 

142 

86 

45 

16 

7 

1907,      .       . 

3,458 

1 

64 

349 

571 

651 

512 

443 

3.34 

219 

156 

89 

44 

15 

10 

1908,      .       . 

3,256 

4 

92 

377 

537 

666 

544 

422 

263 

157 

103 

60 

25 

5 

1 

1909,      .       . 

3,362 

_ 

68 

292 

521 

603 

559 

424 

321 

217 

161 

116 

51 

25 

4 

1910,      .       . 

3,578 

_ 

71 

319 

548 

652 

547 

485 

371 

258 

158 

101 

51 

13 

4 

1911,      .       . 

3,541 

1 

66 

336 

526 

625 

570 

496 

346 

223 

179 

107 

49 

15 

2 

1912,      .       . 

3,191 

_ 

64 

279 

444 

552 

541 

418 

334 

243 

156 

89 

47 

20 

4 

1913,      .       . 

3,293 

- 

56 

311 

473 

588 

533 

432 

330 

234 

154 

96 

55 

24 

7 

1914,      .       . 

3,405 

_ 

59 

342 

490 

615 

491 

445 

342 

246 

189 

114 

52 

15 

5 

1915,      .       . 

3,251 

_ 

53 

314 

452 

566 

506 

443 

331 

235 

172 

108 

47 

16 

8 

1916,      .       . 

3,493 

_ 

93 

359 

490 

595 

521 

438 

374 

273 

154 

108 

62 

22 

4 

1917,      .       . 

3,879 

_ 

76 

403 

617 

632 

578 

510 

399 

289 

196 

108 

44 

23 

4 

1918,      .       . 

3,876 

- 

55 

327 

565 

641 

633 

569 

427 

301 

188 

102 

41 

23 

4 

1919,      .       . 

4,848 

1 

108 

517 

798 

871 

709 

636 

496 

325 

215 

106 

39 

18 

9 

Widows.  1 

1904,      .       . 

2,545 

6 

182 

479 

535 

502 

343 

238 

123 

59 

53 

16 

7 

1 

1 

1905,      .       . 

2,424 

8 

170 

450 

522 

486 

333 

204 

129 

62 

32 

21 

6 

- 

1 

1906,      .       . 

2,595 

5 

186 

519 

536 

476 

346 

245 

126 

74 

49 

23 

8 

2 

- 

1907,      .       . 

2,7.38 

11 

192 

487 

574 

509 

397 

252 

149 

94 

44 

23 

6 

- 

- 

1908,      .       . 

2,587 

9 

184 

425 

511 

492 

379 

265 

161 

70 

53 

30 

8 

- 

- 

1909,      .       . 

2,635 

12 

186 

428 

506 

527 

372 

245 

163 

103 

49 

29 

9 

5 

1 

1910,      .       . 

2,938 

11 

184 

524 

608 

586 

394 

282 

168 

108 

42 

24 

7 

- 

- 

1911,      .       . 

3,048 

7 

228 

560 

586 

619 

398 

298 

169 

102 

44 

24 

11 

2 

- 

1912,      .       . 

2,530 

7 

203 

453 

456 

457 

365 

250 

158 

92 

50 

24 

10 

5 

- 

1913,      .       . 

2,614 

8 

204 

430 

519 

467 

394 

241 

162 

93 

64 

18 

13 

1 

- 

1914,      .       . 

2,714 

7 

214 

477 

520 

506 

375 

262 

182 

94 

42 

26 

7 

1 

1 

1915,      .       . 

2,725 

5 

209 

474 

530 

510 

377 

270 

159 

101 

54 

19 

13 

3 

1 

1916,      .       . 

2,982 

11 

209 

568 

540 

542 

430 

286 

189 

110 

59 

23 

13 

2 

- 

1917,      .       . 

3,452 

13 

258 

649 

645 

667 

455 

343 

188 

125 

69 

31 

9 

- 

- 

1918,      .       . 

3,491 

10 

223 

595 

672 

681 

505 

330 

237 

142 

61 

29 

5 

1 

- 

1919,      .       . 

4,070 

28 

347 

761 

773 

745 

541 

375 

230 

137 

85 

36 

8 

2 

2 

Includes  divorced. 


52 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  20 

Marriages  and  Marriage  Rates  in  the  State  and  in  Cities 

HAVING  OVER  100,000  INHABITANTS  IN 

1915:   1891  TO  1919. 

CITIES   HAVING   OVER   100,000  INHABITANTS  IN    1915. 

Yeahs. 

The 

a3 

J 

-rj 

state. 

1 

<u 

bi, 

1 

o 

s 

"s 

^ 

o 

"3 

q 

Jf. 

o 

a 

e 

^ 

^ 

<J 

IZ 

iB 

1891 

21,675 

5,163 

838 

780 

942 

710 

478 

434 

1892 

22,507 

5,315 

878 

872 

948 

733 

515 

469 

1893,        

22,814 

5,376 

893 

932 

961 

721 

559 

456 

1894, 

20,619 

5,440 

685 

768 

804 

629 

544 

424 

1895,        

23,102 

5,923 

844 

1,003 

987 

659 

628 

471 

1896,        

23,651 

6,304 

948 

1,024 

874 

733 

710 

513 

1897 

23,038 

6,060 

962 

1,003 

889 

744 

682 

543 

1898 

22,142 

5,902 

969 

872 

908 

653 

553 

518 

1899,        

23,523 

6,187 

982 

970 

952 

705 

634 

507 

1900, 

24,342 

6,044 

1,048 

1,082 

1,059 

714 

648 

549 

1901 

24,891 

6,311 

1,119 

1,070 

953 

769 

710 

565 

1902,        

25,685 

6,172 

1,098 

1,198 

1,010 

792 

806 

596 

1903 ,         . 

26,940 

6,640 

1,227 

1,291 

939 

795 

809 

598 

1904 

25,993 

6,736 

1,138 

1,063 

998 

790 

725 

593 

1905,        

27,184 

6,775 

1,184 

1,164 

937 

834 

805 

654 

1906, 

29,654 

7,374 

1,330 

1,342 

1,033 

944 

872 

727 

1907 

31,055 

7,761 

1,343 

1,327 

1,066 

950 

944 

883 

1908 

27,071 

6,993 

1,064 

1,174 

872 

815 

889 

720 

1909,        

29,002 

7,165 

1,233 

1,186 

1,030 

819 

981 

827 

1910 

30,710 

7,596 

1,395 

1,241 

999 

934 

1,092 

904 

1911,        

32,051 

8,110 

1,457 

1,230 

955 

983 

1,193 

986 

1912,        

30,898 

7,896 

1,404 

1,146 

997 

1,003 

1,056 

732 

1913, 

31,403 

8,130 

1,495 

1,126 

1,023 

1,016 

1,166 

887 

1914,        

32,588 

8,522 

1,411 

1,141 

1,017 

1,058 

1,229 

871 

1915,        

31,301 

8,141 

1,408 

1,121 

1,035 

986 

1,118 

828 

1916 

34,386 

8,552 

1,687 

1,163 

1,166 

1,113 

1,207 

1,062 

1917,        

37,945 

9,191 

1,836 

1,297 

1,280 

1,243 

1,451 

1,265 

1918, 

29,163 

7,396 

1,325 

973 

1,091 

1,111 

1,102 

1,081 

1919, 

34,329 

8,122 

1,569 

1,296 

1,206 

1,132 

1,248 

1,257 

Marriage  Rates  —  Persons  mai 

^RIED  PER    1,000 

Population  Census  Years,  1880  to 

1915,    AND   PER    1,000 

Estimated  Population,  1916,  191' 

],  1918  AND  1919. 

1880,        

17.4 

29.1 

18.2 

19.2 

25.4 

14.8 

19.5 

19.9 

1885 

17.6 

20.6 

15.5 

18.6 

20.9 

16.5 

23.4 

19.4 

1890,        

18.6 

21.8 

19.1 

20.9 

24.0 

18.3 

25.0 

17.3 

1895 

18.5 

21.0 

17.1 

22.5 

23.4 

16.2 

22.7 

18.3 

1900,        

17.4 

21.6 

17.7 

20.6 

22.3 

15.5 

20.8 

17.7 

1905 

18.1 

22.8 

18.5 

22.0 

19.7 

17.1 

21.7 

17.8 

1910, 

18.2 

22.1 

19.1 

20.8 

18.8 

17.8 

22.6 

20.3 

1915 

17.0 

21.8 

17.3 

18.0 

19.2 

18.1 

20.4 

16.1 

1916, 

18.2 

22.5 

20.2 

18.4 

21.5 

20.3 

21.4 

19.9 

1917, 

19.8 

23.6 

21.6 

20.4 

23.5 

22.5 

25.1 

23.1 

1918,        

14.9 

18.6 

15.3 

15.2 

20.0 

19.9 

18.7 

19.3 

1919, 

17.9 

21.7 

17.6 

21.4 

21.5 

20.7 

20.8 

19.8 

No.  1.] 


MARRIAGE  STATISTICS. 


53 


Table  21 

Months. 

Marriages 

CELEBRATED  IN 

Each  Month 

AND  Quarter: 

1910  TO  1919. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916 

1915. 

1914. 

1913. 

1912. 

\in. 

1910. 

The  Year. 

34,329 

29,163 

37,945 

34,386 

31,301 

32,588 

31,403 

30,898 

32,051 

30,710 

First  Quarter. 

January 

February,       .... 
March,  .         .         .         . 

0,373 
1,848- 
1,989 
1,536 

5,918 
2,420 
2.006 
1,492 

6,292 
2,574 
2,502 
1,216 

6,313 
2,.353 
2,384 
1,576 

5,620 
2,403 
2,187 
1,030 

6,142 
2,427 
2,504 
1,211 

5,609 
2,395 
1,629 
1,585 

5,132 

2,091 

2,068 

973 

5,986 
2,. 309 
2,513 
1,164 

5,524 
2,453 
1.701 
1,370 

Second  Quarter. 

April, 

May 

June, 

9,m 

2,345 
2,237 
4,896 

9,017 
2,667 
2,233 
4,117 

12,422 
3,898 
2,989 
5,535 

9,508 
2,135 
2,581 
4,792 

8,983 
2,584 
2,233 
4,166 

9,634 
2,605 
2,266 
4,763 

9,449 
2,816 
2,104 
4,529 

8,690 
2,493 
1,955 
4,242 

8,816 
2,420 
2,043 
4,.353 

9,076 
2,678 
2,001 
4,397 

Third  Quarter. 

July, 

August,           .... 
September 

8,900 
2,369 
2,946 
3,585 

8,036 
2,428 
2,672 
2,936 

9,317 
3.071 
2,885 
3,361 

8,757 
2,711 
2.460 
3,586 

7,753 
2,168 
2,406 
3,179 

8,072 
2,288 
2,486 
3,298 

7,685 
2,176 
2,448 
3,061 

7,732 
2.165 
2,327 
3,240 

8,066 
2,496 
2,352 
3,218 

7,601 
2,198 
2,-339 
3,064 

Fourth  Quarter. 

October 

November,    .... 
December,     .... 

10,584 
4,222 
4,047 
2,315 

6,192 
2,242 
2,362 
1,588 

9,914 
3,681 
3,597 
2,636 

9,808 
4,112 
3,616 
2,080 

8,945 
3,747 
3,384 
1,814 

8,740 
3,717 
3,279 
1,744 

8,660 
3,576 
3,376 
1,708 

9,344 
3,721 
3,485 
2,138 

9,183 
3,670 
3,404 
2,109 

8,509 
3,520 
3.238 
1,751 

Per  Cent  Distribution. 

The  Year. 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

First  Quarter. 
January,        .... 
February,      .... 
March 

15.7 
5  4 
5.8 
4  5 

20.3 
8.3 
6.9 
5.1 

16.6 
6.8 
6.6 
3.2 

18. 4 
6.8 
6.9 
4.6 

18.0 
7.7 
7.0 
3.3 

18.8 
7.4 

7.7 
3.7 

17.9 
7.6 
5.2 
5.1 

16.6 
6.8 
6.7 

3.i 

18.7 
7.2 
7.8 
3  6 

18.0 
8.0 
5.5 
4.5 

Second  Quarter. 

April, 

May, 

June, 

27  4 
6.8 
6.4 

14.2 

30.9 
9.1 
7.7 

14.1 

32.7 
10.3 
7.9 
14.6 

6^2 
7.5 
13.9 

28.7 
8.3 
7.1 

13.3 

29.6 
8.0 
7.0 

14.6 

30.1 
9.0 
6.7 

14.4 

28.1 
8.1 
6.3 

13.7 

27.5 
7.6 
6.4 

13.6 

29.6 
8.7 
6.5 

14.3 

Third  Quarter. 

July, 

August,           .... 
September 

26.0 
6.9 
8.6 

10.5 

27.6 
8.3 
9.2 

10.1 

246 
8.1 
7.6 
8.9 

25.5 
7.9 
7  2 

10^4 

24.8 
6.9 
7.7 

10.2 

24.8 
7.0 
7.6 

10.1 

24.5 
6.9 

7.8 
9.8 

25.0 
7.0 
7.5 

10.5 

25.2 
7.S 
7.3 

10.0 

24.8 
7.2 
7.6 

10.0 

Fourth  Quarter. 

October 

November,    .... 
December,     .... 

30.9 
12.3 
11.8 
6.8 

21.2 
7.7 
8.1 
5.4 

26.1 
9.7 
9.5 
6.9 

28.5 
12.0 
10  5 
6.0 

28.6 
12.0 
10.8 

5.8 

26.8 
11.3 
10.1 
5.4 

27.6 
11.4 
10.8 
5.4 

30.2 
12.0 
11.3 

6.9 

28.6 
11.4 
10.6 
6.6 

27.7 
11.5 
10.5 
5.7 

Ill 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS 


III. 

DIVOECE  STATISTICS. 


PAGE 

Introduction, 57-61 

Causes  for  divorce, 57 

Source  of  data, 58 

Applications  for  divorce, 58 

Contested  cases, 58 

Number  of  divorces, 58 

Divorce  rates, 59 

Party  to  which  granted, 59,  60 

Divorces  classified  by  causes,  1860  to  1919, 60,  61 

Annulment  classified  as  divorce, 61 

Duration  of  marriages, 61 

Statistical  tables, 62-67 

Introduction. 
Causes  for  Divorce.  —  Causes  for  which  divorce  from  the  bonds  of 
matrimony  may  be  granted  in  Massachusetts  under  the  provisions  of 
sections  1  and  2,  chapter  208,  General  Laws,  are  as  follows:  — 

1.  Adultery. 

2.  Impotency. 

3.  Desertion  for  three  consecutive  years  next  prior  to  the  filing  of  the  libel. 

4.  Gross  and  confirmed  habits  of  intoxication  caused  by  the  voluntary  and 
excessive  use  of  intoxicating  liquor,  opium  or  other  drugs. 

5.  Cruel  and  abusive  treatment. 

6.  Neglect  to  provide. 

7.  Sentence  to  imprisonment  at  hard  labor  for  five  years  or  more. 

A  marriage  may  be  declared  void  in  consequence  of  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  the  laws  concerning  marriage;  that  is,  a  separation 
may  be  granted  because  of  the  demonstration  of  conditions  obtain- 
ing at  the  time  of,  or  previous  to,  the  alleged  marriage,  which  show 
that  there  never  was  a  legal  marriage. 


58  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

Source  of  Data.  —  The  statistics  of  divorce  presented  in  this  report 
are  compiled  from  returns  made  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth annually  by  the  clerks  of  courts  for  the  several  counties,  in 
compliance  with  General  Laws,  chapter  208,  sections  46  and  47 :  — 

Section  46.  The  clerks  of  the  courts  and  the  clerk  of  the  superior  court  for 
civil  business  in  Suffolk  county  shall  annually,  in  Februarj^,  make  returns  for 
the  last  preceding  calendar  year  to  the  state  secretary,  upon  suitable  blank  forms 
provided  by  him,  of  the  number  of  libels  pending  at  the  beginning  of  the  j^ear, 
the  number  of  libels  filed  within  the  year,  the  number  of  divorces  granted,  the 
number  of  divorces  refused,  the  number  of  libels  contested,  the  number  of  libels 
uncontested,  the  alleged  cause  for  divorce  in  each  case,  the  sex  of  the  libellant 
and  the  length  of  time  the  parties  have  been  married,  and  the  number  of  cases  in 
which  notice  has  been  given  to  the  district  attorney  for  prosecution  under  the 
preceding  section  and  the  crime  for  which  divorce  has  been  granted  in  such  cases. 

Section  47.  The  state  secretary  shaU  annual^  prepare  from  said  returns 
abstracts  and  tabular  statements  of  the  facts  relative  to  divorces  for  each  county, 
and  embody  them,  with  necessary  analyses,  in  his  annual  report  to  the  general 
court  relative  to  the  registry  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths. 

Applications  for  Divorce.  —  The  courts  granted  about  3  petitions 
out  of  every  4  filed.  This  proportion  fluctuated  considerably  during 
the  period  1882  to  1919,  the  highest  proportion  of  applications  being 
granted  in  1900  (89  per  cent),  and  the  lowest  proportion  in  1888 
(51.1  per  cent).  During  this  entire  period  76.8  per  cent  of  all  appli- 
cations were  granted,  1.8  per  cent  were  refused,  and  21.4  per  cent 
were  dismissed. 

Contested  Cases.  —  Of  the  total  number  of  applications  for  divorces 
during  the  thirty-eight  years  from  1882  to  1919,  only  11  per  cent 
were  contested,  and  probably  in  many  of  these  cases  the  contesting 
was  hardly  more  than  a  formality,  perhaps  not  extending  beyond  the 
filing  of  an  answer,  which  often  has  the  effect  of  expediting  the 
process  of  obtaining  the  divorce.  In  1919,  of  the  3,121  applications 
for  divorce,  only  388,  or  12.4  per  cent,  were  contested,  and  of  the 
2,536  divorces  granted,  199,  or  7.8  per  cent,  were  contested.  The 
proportion  of  contested  cases  is  shghtly  smaller  for  divorces  granted 
to  the  husband  (7.4  per  cent)  than  for  those  granted  to  the  wife 
(8  per  cent)^ 

Number  of  Divorces.  —  Divorces  granted  in  1919  numbered  2,536, 
an  increase  of  185,  or  7.9  per  cent  more  than  the  number  granted  in 
1918,  and  an  increase  of  188,  or  8  per  cent,  over  the  average  num- 
ber granted  for  the  five-year  period  1914  to  1918. 


No.  1.]  DIVORCE  STATISTICS.  59 

Divorce  Rates.  —  The  number  of  divorces  per  100,000  population 
was  66.1,  as  compared  with  60.2  in  1918,  68.6  in  1917,  60.9  in  1916, 
57.3  in  1910,  and  29.2  in  1890. 

Divorce  rates  based  on  the  married  population,  i.e.,  the  number  of 
divorces  per  100,000  married  population,  are  more  significant  than 
rates  based  upon  the  total  population,  because  of  the  ehmination 
of  possible  variations  in  the  proportion  married,  and  because  of  the 
fact  that  divorce  can  arise  only  among  the  married.  Rates  calculated 
in  this  manner  are  shown  in  Table  26,  on  page  78,  for  the  census 
years  1875  to  1915.  In  this  table  the  number  of  divorces  shown  for 
the  census  years  1875  to  1915  is  not  the  actual  number  in  that  year, 
but  the  annual  average  for  the  five-year  period  of  which  the  census 
year  is  the  median.  This  method  eliminates  any  pecuHarities  in  the 
census  year  which  may  have  affected  divorce,  and  makes  the  figures 
more  typical  of  the  period  as  a  whole. 

The  movement  of  divorce  as  shown  by  the  two  sets  of  rates  per 
100,000  total  population  and  100,000  married  population  is  nearly 
the  same.  Based  on  the  married  population,  the  divorce  rate  in  1915 
was  80  per  cent  greater  than  it  was  in  1875,  and  the  increase  as 
shown  by  the  rate  based  on  the  total  population  was  85  per  cent. 
Based  on  the  estimated  married  population,  the  divorce  rate  for  1919 
was  157  per  100,000,  as  compared  with  156  for  the  five-year  period 
1914  to  1918. 

The  rapidity  with  which  marriages  are  being  dissolved  by  divorce 
is  measured  by  the  divorce  rate  based  on  the  married  population. 
In  1915  the  rate  was  156  divorces  per  100,000  married  persons.  In 
1919  the  rate  was  157,  or  about  1.6  divorces  per  1,000  estimated 
married  persons.  During  the  period  1915  to  1919  divorce  was  dis- 
solving each  year  more  than  3  marriages  out  of  every  1,000.  In  the 
five-year  period  1873  to  1877  divorce  was  dissolving  each  year  1.7 
marriages  out  of  every  1,000.  For  1890  the  ratio  was  1.7  for  every 
1,000;  for  1900,  2.5  out  of  every  1,000;  and  for  1910,  2.9  out  of 
every  1,000. 

Party  to  tvhich  Granted.  —  Over  two-thirds  (70.4  per  cent)  of  the 
total  number  of  divorces  in  the  period  1860  to  1919  w^ere  granted 
to  the  wife.  In  other  words,  divorces  obtained  by  the  wife  are  more 
than  twice  as  numerous  as  those  obtained  by  the  husband.  This 
difference  may  be  partially  explained  by  the  fact  that  without  any 
reference  to  the  question  of  which  party  is  the  more  frequently  re- 


60  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

sponsible  for  the  marital  unhappiness,  the  wife  has  tangible  ground 
for  divorce  more  frequently  than  the  husband,  because  certain  well- 
known  and  comparatively  common  grounds  are  more  readily  applica- 
ble against  the  husband  than  against  the  wife.  For  example,  cruelty, 
in  so  far  as  it  is  physical  cruelty,  is  not  ordinarily  an  available  ground 
for  a  husband,  although  men  are  sometimes  granted  divorces  on  this 
ground. 

The  proportion  of  divorces  granted  to  the  wife  fluctuated  between 
75.6  per  cent  in  1876  and  56.4  in  1866,  as  compared  with  70.4  per 
cent  for  the  entire  period  1860  to  1919. 

Divorces  Classified  by  Causes,  1860  to  1919.  —  The  statistics  con- 
cerning the  cause  of  divorce  deal  with  the  legal  cause  as  ascertained 
from  the  court  records.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  however,  that 
the  cause  for  which  a  divorce  is  granted  by  the  courts  is  not  neces- 
sarily the  underlying  reason  for  the  marital  unhappiness,  and  that  the 
value  of  statistics  of  divorce  as  an  index  to  the  actual  causes  is  as 
a  consequence  impaired. 

Divorces  granted  on  the  ground  of  desertion  have  increased  eleven- 
fold in  the  sixty-year  period  1860  to  1919,  while  the  number  of 
divorces  granted  for  adultery  has  nearly  doubled. 

The  most  common  ground  on  which  divorce  was  granted  by  the 
courts  was  desertion,  which  accounted  for  46.9  per  cent  of  all  the 
divorces  granted  in  the  period  1860  to  1919,  for  58.9  per  cent  of  all 
those  granted  to  the  husband  in  this  period,  and  for  41.9  per  cent  of 
those  granted  to  the  wife. 

The  substantially  equal  number  of  divorces  granted  for  adultery 
to  the  husband  and  to  the  wife  is  rather  striking.  In  11,698  divorces 
granted  for  adultery  the  divorce  was  granted  to  the  husband  in 
50.9  per  cent  of  the  cases,  and  to  the  wife  in  49.1  per  cent  of  the 
cases. 

Of  the  divorces  granted  to  husbands,  58.9  per  cent  were  for  deser- 
tion of  the  wife,  and  32.1  per  cent  were  for  adultery  on  the  part  of 
the  wife;  and  of  those  granted  to  mves,  41.9  per  cent  were  for 
the  desertion  of  the  husband,  22.9  per  cent  were  for  cruelty  on  the 
part  of  the  husband,  and  13  for  adultery. 

Intoxication  as  a  ground  for  divorce  figured  in  11.2  per  cent  of 
the  divorces  granted  in  the  period  1860  to  1919;  and  of  this  num- 
ber, 14.7  per  cent  were  granted  to  the  husband  and  85.3  per  cent 
to  the  wife.     Divorces  granted  for  this  cause  formed  5.6  per  cent  of 


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all  divorces  granted  to  the  husbands,  and  13.6  per  cent  of  the  total 
number  granted  to  the  wife. 

During  the  sixty  years  1860  to  1919  the  relative  importance  of 
these  different  causes  for  divorce  has  undergone  considerable  change. 
The  sudden  variations  noticeable  are  due  in  large  part  to  changes  in 
the  laws. 

Annulment  Classified  as  Divorce.  —  x\mong  the  less  important 
classes  of  causes  appears  the  term  "nullity  of  marriage."  In  362 
cases,  or  .6  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  divorces  granted  during 
the  period  1860  to  1919,  there  was  some  cause  shown  which  may 
have  existed  at  the  time  of  marriage.  These  cases  form  but  a  small 
proportion,  .6  per  cent  of  all  cases  considered,  and  do  not  affect  the 
results  to  any  material  degree. 

Duration  of  Marriages.  —  The  average  number  of  years  libellants 
were  married  at  the  time  of  application  for  divorce  has  fluctuated 
between  10.5  years  in  1891  and  1912,  and  11.7  years  in  1884,  1887, 
and  1892.  The  average  number  of  years  the  libellants  were  married 
in  1919  was  10.9,  as  compared  with  11.1  years  in  1918. 

Of  the  total  libellants  in  Massachusetts  for  whom  the  number  of 
years  married  was  reported  in  1919,  49.6  per  cent  made  application 
for  divorce  before  they  had  been  married  ten  years,  as  compared 
"vsith  51.8  per  cent  in  1918,  and  51.3  per  cent  for  the  thirty-eight-year 
period  1882  to  1919. 


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STATISTICAL  TABLES. 


Table  22 

Libels  for  Divorces  Gr.OsTEd,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  The  State  —  1919, 

Libels  and  LIBELL.^:^•TS. 

causes. 

All 
causes. 

Deser- 
tion. 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port. 

Impo- 
tency. 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 

The  State. 

3,1211 

1,487 

997 

309 

211 

83 

10 

3 

21 

Husband, 
Wife, 

1,006 
2,115 

627 
860 

117 
880 

198 
111 

46 
165 

83 

6 
4 

3 

12 

9 

Granted,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

2,536 

754 

1,782 

1,328 
520 
808 

748 
56 
692 

228 

134 

94 

158 
30 
128 

45 
45 

5 
2 
3 

3 
3 

21 
12 
9 

Refused,      . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

33 
20 
13 

10 

8 
2 

16 

'I 

3 

1 
2 

~ 

t 
4 

~ 

- 

~ 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

552 
232 
320 

149 
99 
50 

233 
50 
183 

78 
63 
15 

53 
16 
37 

34 
34 

5 
4 

1 

~ 

~ 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

388 
155 
233 

122 
67 
55 

168 
38 
130 

56 
39 
17 

24 

9 

15 

15 
15 

3 
2 

1 

~ 

~ 

Not  contested,    . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

2,733 
851 

1,882 

1,365 
560 
805 

•     829 

79 

750 

253 

159 

94 

187 
37 
150 

68 
68 

7 
4 
3 

3 
3 

21 

12 

9 

Duration  of  Marr 
Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

I  AGE 

35 

8 

27 

- 

22 

2 

20 

2 
2 

2 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

- 

7 
3 
4 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

37 
12 
25 

~ 

25 

3 

22 

8 

1 

2 
2 

- 

~ 

~ 

2 
2 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 

Wife, 

551 
153 

398 

122- 
47 
75 

264 
35 

229 

76 
53 
23 

48 
11 
37 

30 
30 

2 
1 

2 
2 

7 
6 

1 

5  to  9  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

925 
294 
631 

434 
182 
252 

300 

38 

262 

89 
52 
37 

66 
16 
50 

28 
28- 

4 
3 

1 

~ 

4 
3 

1 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1,104 
373 
731 

634 
265 
369 

275 

28 

247 

107 
66 
41 

66 
12 
54 

17 
17 

3 
2 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

374 
124 
250 

227 

96 

131 

96 
10 

86 

23 
14 
9 

22 
4 

18 

6 
6 

~ 

- 

- 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

91 
38 
53 

69 
36 
33 

15 

1 
14 

1 
1 

5 
5 

1 
1 

: 

: 

: 

L'nknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

4 

4 

1 
1 

~ 

3 
3 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

Average  number  of 

^•ears 

10.9 

12.3 

9.5 

9.7 

10.4 

8.5 

8.0 

6.0 

2.7 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1, 1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), ■ 7,725 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  Januarv  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at 

that  date ' 860 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919 5,580 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,    .         .         .  2,932 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  19ly,  2,532 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919 3,137 

1  One  petition  for  separate  support.  One  appeal  from  probate  court  dismissed.  One  petition  to  enter 
probate  appeal  denied.  Two  petitions  transferred  from  Franklin  County  to  other  counties.  One  petition 
transferred  from  Hampden  County  to  Hampsliire  County.  Two  petitions  transferred  from  Norfolk 
County  to  Suffolk  County.    Eight  petitions  transferred  from  Sufifolk  County  to  other  counties. 


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Table  22a 


Libels  and  Libellants. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Gr.vnted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libell.vnts  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Barnstable  County— 1919. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Barnstable  County. 

Husband, 
Wife, 

Granted,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Duration  of  M.\rriage 
Less  than  6  months 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Average  number  of   years. 


25 


17 


12.6 


17.3 


11.0 


3.0 


5.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  7iisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), 36 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 12 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919,         .         .       _ 50 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  Jiisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,        .         .         .24 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919 20 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 25 


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Table  22b 


Libels  and  Libellaxts. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  mere  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  op  Libellant:  Berkshire  County  —  1919. 


causes. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port- 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Berkshire  County. 


Husband, 
Wife, 

Granted,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Duration  of  Marri 
Less  than  6  months 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 

Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years. 
Husband, 

Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

L'nknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years, 


12.0 


12.7 


9.0 


2.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), •         •         '■,'..-,    1 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1, 1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date, 20 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919,       . 11^ 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,      .         .         .64 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919,     ^4 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, "^ 


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65 


Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
;STED,  AND  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
'  C\u?;ks  and  Sex  op  Libell.ant:   Bristol  County  — 1919. 


Table  22c 


Libels  .vvd  Libell.vnts. 


Libels  for 
NOT  Conteste„,  .„. 
Statutory  Causes 


All 

Deser- 

causes. 

tion. 

225 

114 

78 
147 

49 
65 

202 
65 
137 

107 
44 
63 

23 
13 
10 

7 
5 
2 

28 
14 
14 

10 
5 
5 

197 

64 

133 

104 
44 
60 

1 

- 

1 

- 

2 
1 

1 

- 

34 
14 
20 

8 
6 
2 

69 
25 
44 

38 
14 
24 

80 
25 
55 

45 
18 
27 

31 

9 

22 

17 

7 

10 

8 
4 
4 

6 
4 
2 

12.1 

13.5 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Bristol  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Refused, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband 
Wife, 


Not  contested. 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Duration  of  Marriage 
Less  than  6  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Average  number  of  y 


15.6 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not) 418 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 55 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919,       .         .        _ 474 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  durmg  the  year  1919,      .         .         -  297 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decree?  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  dispo.sed  of  during  the  year  1919,     20- 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 225 


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Table  22d 

Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:    Dukes  County  —  1919. 

Libels  and  Libell.vn'ts. 

CAUSES. 

All 

causes. 

Deser- 
tion. 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Xon- 
sup- 
port. 

Im  po- 
tency. 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 

Dukes  County. 

10 

6 

- 

1 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Husband, 

Wife,        .... 

3 
7 

2 
4 

- 

1 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

- 

Granted 

Husband, 

Wife,         .... 

7 
1 
6 

5 

1 
4 

- 

- 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

- 

• 

Refused 

Husband, 

Wife 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife,         .         .        •.         . 

3 
2 

1 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife 

3 
2 

1 

1 

1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

Not  contested,   . 
Husband, 
Wife 

7 
1 
6 

5 

1 
4 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Duration  of  Marriage. 
Less  than  6  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband,         .         . 
Wife,         .... 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife 

3 

1 
2 

1 

1 

- 

1 

1 
1 

\ 

- 

- 

- 

5  to  9  years. 
Husband, 
Wife 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife 

2 
2 

2 
2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

30  years  and  over, 
Husband, 
Wife 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife 

T 

- 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

Average  number  of  years, 

15.4 

18.8 

- 

4.0 

2.0 

17.5 

- 

- 

- 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  Januarj-  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 
been  entered  or  not),     ................     20 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date, 17 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919, 9 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  ^Hsi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,        .         .         .4 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919,       4 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, .         •         -10 


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Table  22e 

Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Coxtested,  axd 
xoT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libell.v.nt:   Essex  County  — 1919. 

Libels  and  Libell.vxts. 

causes. 

All 
causes. 

Deser- 
tion. 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port. 

Impo- 
tency. 

1 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 

Essex  County. 

505 

263 

147 

46 

43 

4 

1 

1 

- 

Husband, 

Wife 

166 
339 

110 
153 

14 
133 

31 
15 

11 
32 

4 

1 

1 

- 

Granted 

Husband, 

Wife 

402 
111 
291 

220 
78 
142 

115 

10 

105 

31 
17 
14 

30 

6 

24 

4 
4 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

Refused 

Husband, 

Wife,        .... 

: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife 

103 
55 

48 

43 
32 
11 

32 

4 
28 

15 

14 

1 

13 
5 

8 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife 

119 
54 
65 

56 
32 
24 

44 

7 

37 

16 
13 
3 

3 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Not  contested,    . 
Husband, 
Wife 

386 
112 
274 

207 

78 
129 

103 

7 
96 

30 
18 
12 

40 

9 

31 

4 
4 

1 

1 

1 
1 

~ 

DuRATiox  OF  Marriage. 
Less  than  6  months,  . 

Husband, 

Wife 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife 

7 
2 
5 

- 

6 

1 
5 

1 
1 

- 

- 

i 

i 

- 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife 

70 
16 
54 

23 
8 
15 

28 

8 
6 
2 

8 

1 
7 

2 
2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife.        .         .         .         . 

143 
43 
100 

71 
23 

48 

43 

4 

39 

12 
10 

2 

17 

6 

11 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife,         .         .         .         . 

201 
74 
127 

117 
56 
61 

51 
5 

46 

17 
10 

7 

13 
3 
10 

2 
2 

i 

1 
1 

- 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife 

67 
24 
43 

43 
18 
25 

13 

2 

11 

7 
3 
4 

4 

1 
3 

- 

- 

: 

: 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife 

14 
5 

9 

8 
4 
4 

5 
1 
4 

- 

1 
1 

i 

_ 

~ 

" 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife 

2 
2 

1 

1 

- 

1 
1 

~ 

: 

~ 

~ 

~ 

Average  number  of  years. 

8.0 

13.1 

10,6 

11.1 

10.3 

6.7 

4.0 

10.0 

\ 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not) 689 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1, 1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date, 154 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919, 821 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,      .         .         .426 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919, 402 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 505 


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Table  22f 


Libels  and  Libell.^jn'ts. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Franklin  County  —  1919. 


All 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Xon- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Franklin  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused,  , 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband 
Wife, 


Not  contested. 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Iarriage 

ths 


Duration  of  ]N 
Less  than  6  mon 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years. 


12.1 


15.7 


9.0 


13.0 


8.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 
been  entered  or  not), 113 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1, 1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 
date, -0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919,       ....... 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919, 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  : 

tered),  which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919, 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 


One  petition  transferred  to  Hampden  County.    One  petition  transferred  to  Middlesex  County. 


No.  1.] 


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Table  22g 


Libels  and  Libell.vxts. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Reflsed,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libell.\.nt:  Hampden  County  —  1919. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port- 

Impo- 
tency. 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Hampden  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband, 
Wife. 

Refused, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband 
Wife, 


Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Duration  of  Marriage 
Less  than  6  months 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  ov 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Average  number  of  years, 


212 


69 
143 


182 
60 
122 


2 
4 

206 
67 
139 


13.3 


111 

63 

19 

49 
62 

3 
60 

14 
5 

102 
44 

58 

48 

1 

47 

17 
12 
5 

1 
1 

- 

- 

8 
4 
4 

15 
2 
13 

2 
2 

1 
1 

4 
1 
3 

1 
1 

110 
49 
61 

59 

2 

57 

18 
13 
5 

_ 

1 

_ 

- 

1 

- 

9 
5 

4 

11 

1 
10 

8 
5 
3 

26 
15 
11 

23 

1 

22 

1 
1 

52 

18 
34 

20 
20 

8 
6 
2 

17 

8 
9 

8 

1 

7 

1 
1 

7 
3 
4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

14.9 

10.5 

14.8 

13.6 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not),  ................  365 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1, 1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 92 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919 406 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  n-isi  were  entered  durmg  the  year  1919,      .         .         .209 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pendmg  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919 186 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 213 


One  petition  transferred  to  Hampshire  County. 


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Table  22h 


Libels  and  Libellants. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Hampshire  County  —  1919. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port. 

Impo- 
tency. 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Hampshire  County. 

28 

13 

7 

1 

7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Husband, 
Wife, 

9 
19 

6 

7 

2 
5 

1 

7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Granted,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

21 

8 

13 

13 
6 

7 

3 

1 
2 

1 
1 

4 
4 

\ 

~ 

- 

- 

Refused,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

- 

': 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

: 

- 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

7 
1 
6 

- 

4 
1 
3 

- 

3 
3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

7 
2 
5 

1 

1 

5 
2 
3 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Not  contested,    . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

21 

7 

14 

12 
6 
6 

2 
2 

1 
1 

6 
6 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

DUR.A.TION  OF  MaRR 

Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

lAGE. 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

7 
3 

4 

1 
1 

3 

1 
2 

1 
1 

2 
2 

- 

~ 

- 

~ 

5  to  9  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1 
1 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

_ 

~ 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

14 
4 
10 

8 
3 
5 

2 

1 
1 

~ 

4 

4 

~ 

~ 

- 

I 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

3 

1 
2 

2 
1 
1 

1 
1 

~ 

" 

_ 

- 

~ 

~ 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

~ 

~ 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

• 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

: 

Average  number  of  years, 

12.7 

15.9 

7.9 

2.0 

13.3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not) 78 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date, 12 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filled  during  the  year  1919, 44 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,        .         .         .22 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919 22 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, .  28 


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Table  22i 


Libels  and  Libellants. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Middlesex  County  —  1919. 


All       Deser- 
causes.      tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


BiUddlesex  County. 


Husband, 
Wife, 

Granted,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife. 


Duration  of  Marriage 
Less  than  6  months 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years, 


452 

138 
314 

372 

99 

273 

32 
19 
13 

48 
20 
28 


30 

406 
122 

284 


4 

1 
3 

10 
4 
6 

73 
17 
56 

139 
42 
97 

152 
50 
102 

61 
19 
42 

13 
5 


11.7 


214 


82 
132 


192 
65 
127 


13 
10 
3 

11 

7 
4 

203 

75 

128 


13.4 


154 

19 
135 

115 

6 

109 

16 
11 
5 

23 

2 

21 

24 

6 

18 

1.30 

13 

117 


9.4 


11.6 


4.0 


4.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), 1,909 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1 ,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 106 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919, 862 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,    .         .         .  429 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919,             388 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 452 


rz 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  22j 


Libels  and  Libellants. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Nantucket  County  —  1919. 


All 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
niar- 
riage. 


Nantucket  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Refused. 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife. 

Contested, 
Husband 
Wife, 


Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife. 


Duration  of  Mar] 

Less  than  6  months, 

Husband, 

Wife, 

6  to  11  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years, 
Husband, 
Wife. 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 

Wife, 


Average  number  of  years, 


13.5 


17.0 


4.0 


24.0 


9.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not) 6 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 1 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919, 5 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,        .         .         .  - 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919, 3 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919 4 


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Table  22k 


Libels  and  Libellaxts. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:   Norfolk  County  — 1919. 


causes. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery. 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Norfolk  County. 


Husband, 
Wife, 

Granted,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused,  . 
Husband, 

Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Not  contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Duration  of  Marri 
Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years. 


1331 

57 

31 

18 

102 

39 

101 

54 

21 

17 

80 

37 

32 

3 

10 

1 

22 

2 

37 

6 

10 

3 

27 

3 

96 

51 

21 

15 

75 

36 

1 

- 

1 

- 

21 

2 

3 

1 

18 

1 

41 

16 

10 

6 

31 

10 

44 

28 

12 

9 

32 

19 

22 

9 

5 

2 

17 

7 

3 

3 

1 
1 

12.0 


13.5 


34 

18 

12 

4 
30 

7 
11 

1 
11 

26 

1 

25 

12 
3 

9 

6 
6 

8 
3 
5 

6 
4 
2 

6 
1 
5 

15 
3 
12 

5 

3 
2 

6 

1 
5 

19 

1 
18 

13 
4 

9 

6 
6 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

11 
11 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

7 
1 
6 

8 
3 
5 

5 
5 

8 

1 

7 

3 
1 
2 

4 
4 

7 
2 

5 

3 

1 
2 

1 
1 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

11.9 

9.8 

10.6 

9.2 


11.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), 197 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1 ,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date 48 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919, 224 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  ni'si  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,      .                  .144 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  j-ear  1919,     100 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 135 


Two  petitions  transferred  to  Suffolk  County. 


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Table  221 


Libels  and  Libellants. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  AND  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellants:  Plymouth  County  — 1919. 


All 
causes. 


Deser- 
tion. 


Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 


Adul- 
tery- 


Intoxi- 
cation. 


Non- 
sup- 
port. 


Impo- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 
ment. 


Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 


Plymouth  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband 
Wife, 


Not  contested, 
Husband, 

Wife, 

Duration  of  Marriage 
Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 

Wife, 

6  to  11  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Average  number  of  years, 


151 

45 
106 

119 
35 

84 


32 
10 
22 

30 

8 

22 

121 
37 


53 


47 


10.1         10.0 


14.0 


5.0 


7.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), 160 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 

date, 35 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919,       . 261 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,      .         .         .  165 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919, 118 

Number  of  cases  finallj'  determined  in  1919, 151 


No.  1.] 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS.' 


75 


Table  22m 

Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Number  of  Years  Libellants  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellants:  Suffolk  County  —  1919. 

Libels  and  Libellants. 

CAUSES. 

All 
causes. 

Deser- 
tion. 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port. 

Impo- 
tency. 

Im- 
prison- 
ment. 

Nul- 
lity of 
mar- 
riage. 

Suffolk  County. 


Husband, 
Wife, 

Granted,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Refused,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Not  contested. 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Duration  of  Marriage 
Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Unknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years, 


9111 

313 

598 

767 
246 
521 


144 

67 

77 

43 
19 
24 


294 
574 


206 
63 
143 

292 
103 
189 

282 
98 
184 


10.2 


409 

178 
231 

380 
158 
222 


20 


4 
4 

401 
174 
227 


36 
12 
24 

127 
59 
68 

173 

71 
102 

57 
30 
27 

16 

6 

10 


13.5 


310 

95 

50 
260 

58 
37 

245 

28 

217 

70 
37 
33 

65 
22 
43 

25 

21 

4 

21 
8 
13 

9 
7 
2 

289 

42 

247 

86 
51 
35 

11 

1 
10 

1 

1 

7 
1 
6 

2 
2 

106 
18 
88 

30 

21 

9 

98 
17 
81 

36 
19 
17 

66 
13 
53 

22 
12 
10 

20 
20 

3 

2 
1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

8.0 

7.8 

7.0 


17.0 


4.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 

been  entered  or  not), 3,128 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at 

that  date 222 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919 1,789 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  nisi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,    .         .         .815 
Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919,  747 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 922 


1  One  petition  for  separate  support.    One  appeal  from  probate  court  dismissed.    One  petition  to  enter 
probate  appeal  denied.    Eight  petitions  transferred  from  Suffolk  County  to  other  counties. 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  22n 


Libels  and  Libellaxts. 


Libels  for  Divorces  Granted,  Refused,  Dismissed,  Contested,  and 
NOT  Contested,  and  Ncmber  of  Years  Libell.Os'ts  were  Married,  by 
Statutory  Causes  and  Sex  of  Libellant:  Worcester  County  —  1919. 


causes. 


All 
causes. 


Cruel 

Deser- 
tion. 

and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Adul- 
tery. 

Intoxi- 
cation. 

Non- 
sup- 
port. 

168 

123 

35 

31 

7 

71 

97 

12 
111 

25 
10 

4 

27 

7 

136 
52 

84 

74 
2 
72 

24 
17 

7 

21 
2 
19 

4 
4 

32 
19 
13 

49 
10 
39 

11 

8 
3 

10 
2 
8 

3 
3 

14 

8 
6 

20 
5 
15 

8 
6 
2 

5 

1 
4 

1 

154 
63 
91 

103 

7 
96 

27 
19 

8 

26 

3 

23 

6 
6 

. 

2 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

— 

- 

2 

- 

- 

1 

- 

2 

2 

31 
3 

28 

- 

- 

_ 

17 

7 
10 

9 
6 
3 

9 

1 
8 

3 
3 

51 
18 
33 

37 

5 

32 

8 
4 
4 

7 
7 

1 

68 
36 
32 

37 

3 

34 

16 
13 
3 

11 
2 
9 

2 
2 

26 

6 

20 

13 

1 
12 

1 
1 

4 

1 
3 

- 

6 

4 
2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13.2 

9.8 

9.1 

10.6 

6.4 

Im  po- 
tency. 


Im- 
prison- 


Nul- 
lity  of 
mar- 
riage. 


Worcester  County. 


Husband 
Wife, 

Granted, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Refused, 
Husband 
Wife, 

Dismissed, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

Contested, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Not  contested,    . 
Husband, 

Wife, 

Duration  of  Marri 
Less  than  6  months, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

6  to  11  months,  . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

1  to  4  years, 
Husband, 

Wife, 

5  to  9  years, 
Husband, 
Wife, 

10  to  19  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

20  to  29  years,     . 
Husband, 
Wife, 

30  years  and  over. 
Husband, 
Wife, 

L'nknown, 
Husband, 
Wife, 


Average  number  of  years. 


366 

112 
254 

260 

73 

187 


106 
39 

67 

49 
20 

29 

317 

92 

225 


69 
17 
52 

104 
27 


135 
54 

81 

44 

9 

35 


11.3 


15.0 


Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919  (including  all  cases,  whether  decrees  nisi  had 
been  entered  or  not) 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  pending  January  1,  1919,  in  which  decrees  nisi  had  been  entered  at  that 
date 

Number  of  libels  for  divorce  filed  during  the  year  1919 

Num.ber  of  libels  for  divorce  in  which  decrees  ?asi  were  entered  during  the  year  1919,      .         . 

Number  of  cases  in  which  nisi  decrees  had  been  entered  (whether  pending  January  1,  or  since  en- 
tered), which  were  finally  disposed  of  during  the  year  1919, 

Number  of  cases  finally  determined  in  1919, 


463 

66 
457 
296 

259 


No.  1, 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS. 


77 


Table  23 

Divorces:  1860 

TO  1919 

. 

Divorces:  1860 

TO  1919 

1 

GRANTED  TO 

GRANTED   TO 

gr.vnted  to 

GRANTED   TO 

Years. 

Total  ! 
num- 

HUSBAND. 

WIFE. 

Years. 

Total 
num- 

HUSBAND. 

WIFE. 

ber.    1 

Xum- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

ber. 

Num- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

j    ber. 

cent. 

1860  to  1919. 

62,690  : 

18,537 

29.6 

44,153 

70.4 

1889,    . 

756 

258 

34.1 

498 

65.9 

1890,    . 

654 

220 

33.6 

434 

66.4 

1860,    . 

243  ' 

93 

38.3 

150 

61.7  1 

1861,    . 

234  [ 

71 

30.3 

163 

69.7 

1891,    . 

799 

243 

30.4 

556 

69.6 

1862,    . 

196 

70 

35.7 

126 

64.3 

1892,    . 

790 

246 

31.1 

544 

68.9 

1863,    . 

207 

82 

39.6 

125 

60.4 

1893,    . 

1,045 

325 

31.1 

720 

68.9 

1864,    . 

270  1 

90 

33.3 

180 

66.7  t 

1894,    . 

1,108 

311 

28.1 

797 

71.9 

1865,    . 

333 

133 

39.9 

200 

60.1 

1895,    . 

954 

288 

30.2 

666 

69.8 

1866,    . 

392 

171 

43.6 

221 

56.4 

1896,    . 

1,230 

376 

30.6 

854 

69.4 

1867, 

282 

99 

35  1 

183 

64.9 

1897,    . 

1,124 

319 

28.4 

805 

71.6 

1868,    . 

339  1 

98 

28.9 

241 

71.1 

1898,    . 

1,182 

361 

30.5 

821 

69.5 

1869, 

339 

127 

37  5 

212 

62.5 

1899,    . 

1,163 

335 

28.8 

828 

71.2 

1870,    . 

379  1 

138 

36.4 

241 

63.6 

1900,    . 

1,258 

376 

29.9 

882 

70.1 

1871,  . 

1872,  . 

1873,  . 

1874,  . 

1875,  . 

325 
343  ' 

449  1 
647  1 

577: 

124 
119 
142 

187 
209 

38.2 
34.7 
31.6 
28.9 
36.2 

201 
224 
307 
460 
368 

61.8 
65.3 
68.4 
71.1  1 
63.8 

1901,  . 

1902,  . 

1903,  . 

1904,  . 

1905,  . 

1,376 
1,479 
1,720 
1,698 
1,554 

408 
469 
464 
471 
407 

29.7 
31.7 
27.0 

27.7 
26.2 

968 
1,010 
1,256 
1,227 
1,147 

70.3 
68.3 
73.0 
72.3 

73.8 

1 

1906,    . 

1,752 

486 

27.7 

1,266 

72.3 

1876,    . 

525 : 

128 

24.4 

397 

75.6 

1907,    . 

1,932 

556 

28.8 

1,376 

71.2 

1877,    . 

553  1 

137 

24.8 

416 

75.2  1 

1908,    . 

1,766 

497 

28.1 

1,269 

71.9 

1878,    . 

600 

182 

30.3 

418 

69.7  I 

1909,    . 

1,739 

477 

27.4 

1,262 

72.6 

1879,  . 

1880,  . 

546  i 

580  1 

157 
177 

28.8 
30.5 

389 
403 

71.2  : 

1910,    . 

1,929 

517 

26.8 

1,412 

73.2 

1 

1911,    . 

2,137 

597 

27.9 

1,540 

72.1 

1881,    . 

409 

129 

31.5 

280 

68.5  1 

1912,    . 

1,927 

557 

28.9 

1,370 

71.1 

1882,    . 

515 

130 

25.2 

385 

74.8 

1913,    . 

2,126 

653 

30.7 

1,473 

69.3 

1883,    . 

655 

194 

29.6 

461 

70.4 

1914,    . 

2,200 

591 

26.9 

1,609 

73.1 

1884,  . 

1885,  . 

614 
645 

204 
214 

33.2 
33.1 

410 
431 

66.8 
66.9 

1915,    . 

2,252 

632 

28.1 

1,620 

71.9 

1916,    . 

2,301 

650 

28.2 

1,651 

71.8 

1886,    . 

600 

180 

30.0 

420 

70.0 

1917,    . 

2,635 

771 

29.3 

1,864 

70.7 

1887,    . 

796 

241 

30.3 

555 

69.7 

1918,    . 

2,351 

704 

29.9 

1,647 

70.1 

1888,    . 

624     : 

i 

192 

30.8 

432 

69.2 

1919,    . 

2,536 

754 

29.7 

1,782 

70.3 

Table  24 

Divorces 

Granted:   1860  to  1919. 

Per  cent 

Periods  of  Years. 

Total 
number. 

INCRE.A5E   OVER   PRECED- 
ING PERIOD. 

increase  m 
total  popula- 
tion over 

Number. 

Per  cent. 

preceding 
census. 

1860  to  1864 

1865  to  1869 

1870  to  1874, 

1875  to  1879 

1880  to  1884 

1,150 
1,685 
2,143 
2,801 
2,773 

535 
458 
658 
281 

46.5 
27.2 
30.7 
.91 

2.9 
15.0 
13.4 
7.9 
8.9 

1885  to  1889,    

1890  to  1894,    

1895  to  1899 

1900  to  1904 

1905  to  1909, 

3,421 
4,396 
5,653 
7,531 
8,743 

648 

975 

1,257 

1,878 

1,212 

23.4 
28.5 
28.6 
33.2 
16.1 

15.3 
11.7 
12.2 
7.1 
12.1 

1910  to  1914, 

10,319 

1,576 

18.0 

8.2 

1915  to  1919, 

12,075 

1,756 

17.0 

3,9 

Decrease. 


78 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  25 

Comparison  of 

Incre.\se  in  Divorce  with  I> 

"CRE.^SE 

IN-  Population:  1870  to  1919. 

Divorces. 

Poprx.^TioN. 

Popu- 

Census Years. 

incre.\se 

INCRE.VSE 

Divorces 

Total 
num- 
ber. 

over  preceding 
census  year. 

Total. 

OVER  PRECEDING 
j       CENSUS  YEAR. 

lation  to 

one 
divorce. 

100,000 
popula- 

Num- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

tion. 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

1870 

379 

46 

13.8 

1,457,351 

190,320 

15.0 

3.845 

26.0 

1875 

577 

1        198 

52.2 

1,651,912 

194,561 

13.4 

2.863 

34.9 

1880,       .... 

580 

1            3 

.5 

1,783,085 

131,173 

7.9 

3.074 

32.5 

1885,       .... 

645 

65 

11.2 

1,942,141 

159,056 

8.9 

3,011 

33.2 

1890 

654 

9 

1.4 

2,238,943 

296,802 

15.3 

3,423 

29.2 

1895 

954 

300 

45.9 

2,500,183 

261,240 

11.7 

2.621 

38.2 

1900 

1,258 

304 

31.9 

2,805,346 

305,163 

12.2 

2.230 

44.8 

1905 

1.554 

296 

23.5 

3,003,680 

198,334 

7.1 

1.933 

51.7 

1910 

1,929 

375 

24.1 

3,366,416 

362,736 

12.1 

1.745 

57.3 

1915,       .... 

2,252 

1        323 

16.7 

3,693,310 

326,894 

9.7 

1,640 

61.0 

1916.       .         .         .         . 

2,301 

49 

2  2 

3,775,720 

82,410 

2.2 

1,641 

60.9 

1917,       .... 

2,635 

!        383 

17.0 

3,841,648 

148,338 

4.0 

1,458 

68.6 

1918 

2,351 

99 

4.4 

3,907,576 

214,266 

5.8 

1,662 

60.2 

1919 

2,536 

284 

12.6 

3,835.614 

142,304 

3.9 

1,512 

66.1 

Table  26 

Divorce  R.^tes  Based  on  Tot.\l  Popul.\tion  and  on 

Married  Popul.\tion:  Census  Years 

1870  TO  1915. 

Census  Years. 

POPUL.\TION. 

DIVORCE : 
ANNUAL  AVERAGE.  1 

Married 
popu- 
lation to 

one 
divorce. 

Divorces 
per 

Total. 

Married. 

Number. 

Per 
100,000 

lation. 

100,000 
married 
popu- 
lation. 

1870 

1.457.351 

_2 

345 

25 

1875, 

1.651,912 

645,245 

550 

33 

1,173 

85 

1880. ■ 

1,783.085 

-2 

530 

30 

1885,       

1,942,141 

739,586 

662 

34 

1,117 

90 

1890, 

2,238.943 

843.208 

725 

32 

1,163 

86 

1895 

2.500,183 

943,245 

1,092 

44 

864 

116 

1900 

2,805,346 

1.053,898 

1,292 

47 

816 

123 

1905 

3.003.680 

1.134.320 

1,731 

58 

655 

153 

1910 

3.366.416 

1.300,271 

1,900 

56 

684 

146 

1915,       

3,693,310 

1,474,590 

2,303 

62 

640 

156 

For  the  five-year  period  of  which  the  census  year  is  the  median 


Not  tabulated. 


No.  1.] 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS. 


79 


Table  27 

Annual  Average  i  Number  of  D 
Each  County:  Census 

IVORCES   IN   THE    StaTE    AND   IN 

Years  1880  to  1915. 

COUXTIES. 

NUMBER. 

RATE   PER    100,000   POPULATION. 

1915. 

1910. 

1905. 

1900. 

1890. 

1880. 

1915. 

1910. 

1905. 

1900. 

1890. 

1880. 

The  State. 

2,303 

1,900 

1,731 

1,292 

724 

530 

61 

56 

58 

46 

32 

30 

Barnstable, 

22 

16 

14 

11 

12 

57- 

73 

57 

54 

40 

41 

32  2 

Berkshire, 

65 

57 

56 

41 

22 

22 

49 

54 

•57 

43 

27 

32 

Bristol,      . 

184 

140 

139 

99 

46 

46 

50 

44 

52 

39 

25 

33 

Dukes, 

3 

2 

1 

2 

1 

-2 

41 

53 

31 

44 

28 

_2 

Essex, 

304 

268 

230 

183 

115 

86 

64 

61 

60 

51 

38 

35 

Franklin,  . 

28 

27 

26 

20 

10 

11 

56 

62 

60 

49 

26 

31 

Hampden. 

172 

130 

107 

78 

53 

35 

65 

56 

55 

44 

39 

34 

Hampshire, 

22 

22 

22 

16 

11 

12 

32 

34 

34 

27 

21 

25 

Middlesex, 

388 

311 

313 

231 

85 

77 

52 

46 

52 

41 

20 

24 

Nantucket, 

1 

1 

2 

1 

-2 

32 

20 

14 

67 

31 

-2 

Norfolk,    . 

86 

75 

52           39 

25 

14 

44 

40 

31 

26 

21 

15 

Plj-mouth, 

122 

108 

94           66 

41 

25 

74 

75 

73 

58 

44 

34 

Suffolk,      . 

696 

544 

499  t      379 

207 

124 

85 

74 

76 

62 

43 

32 

Worcester, 

209 

200 

176  !       140 

90 

65 

45 

50 

49 

40 

32 

29 

1  For  the  five-year  period  of  which  the  census  year  is  the  median  year. 

2  The  number  of  divorces  and  divorce  rates  shown  after  Barnstable  County  for  1880  are  for  Barnstable, 
Dukes,  and  Nantucket  counties  combined. 


Table  28 

Divorces  Gr.vnted  for  Specified  Causes  for 

30  Year.* 

:  1860  to  1919. 

total. 

granted  to  husband. 

1      granted  to  wife. 

Statutory  Causes. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 

cent. 

Per 

cent 
distri- 
bution. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 

cent. 

Per 

cent 
distri- 
bution. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 
cent. 

Per 

cent 
distri- 
bution. 

All  Causes. 

62,690 

100.0 

100.0 

18,537 

29.6 

100.0 

44,153 

70.4 

100.0 

Desertion, 

29,439 

100.0 

46.9 

10,923 

37.1 

58.9 

18,516 

62.9 

41.9 

Adultery, 

11,698 

100.0 

18.7 

5,952 

50.9 

32.1 

5,746 

49.1 

13.0 

Cruel  and  abusive  treat- 
ment. 
Intoxication,      . 

10,535 
7,012 

100.0 
100.0 

16.8 
11.2 

407 
1,034 

3.9 
14.7 

2.2 
5.6 

10,128 
5,978 

96.1 
85.3 

22.9 
13.6 

Neglect  to  provide,  . 

1,795 

100.0 

2.9 

- 

- 

- 

1,795 

100.0 

4.1 

Extreme  cruelty. 

1,4901 

100.0 

2.4 

27 

1.8 

.2 

1,463 

98.2 

3.3 

NuUity  of  marriage, 

362 

100.0 

.6 

149 

41.2 

.8 

213 

58.8 

.5 

Imprisonment, 

216 

100.0 

.3 

5 

2.3 

-2 

., 

97.7 

.5 

Impotency, 

143 

100.0 

.2 

40 

28.0 

.2 

103 

72.0 

.2 

1  Since  1910  "extreme  cruelty"  has  been  classified  with  "cruel  and  abusive  treatment." 

2  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  per  cent. 


80 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  29 

Statutory  Causes  of  Divorce: 

1860  TO 

1919. 

Years 
Divorces 

WERE 

All 

Deser- 

Adul- 

Cruel 
and 
abusive 
treat- 
ment. 

Intoxi- 

Neg- 
lect 

Ex- 
treme 
cruelty. 

Nul- 
lity 

Im- 

Impo- 

Gr.vxted. 

causes. 

tion. 

tery. 

cation. 

to  pro- 
vide. 

of  mar- 
riage. 

prison- 
ment. 

tency. 

1860  to  1919. 

62,690 

29,439 

11,698 

10,535 

7,012 

1,795 

1,4901 

362 

216 

143 

1860,      . 

243 

121 

118 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1861,      . 

234 

120 

98 

_ 

_ 

3 

10 

_ 

2 

1 

1862,      . 

196 

95 

90 

_ 

_ 

3 

4 

_ 

4 

1863,      . 

207 

95 

97 

_ 

_ 

6 

6 

_ 

1 

2 

1864,      . 

270 

129 

128 

- 

- 

4 

9 

- 

1865,      . 

333 

133 

181 

_ 

_ 

10 

9 

1866,      . 

392 

142 

234 

_ 

_ 

3 

10 

_ 

2 

1 

1867,      . 

282 

80 

179 

_ 

_ 

9 

7 

_ 

5 

2 

1868,      . 

339 

128 

193 

_ 

_ 

7 

7 

_ 

3 

1 

1869,      . 

339 

128 

188 

- 

- 

6 

12 

- 

4 

1 

1870,      . 

379 

139 

219 

3 

1 

4 

11 

_ 

2 

1871,      . 

325 

141 

164 

4 

1 

7 

4 

_ 

It 

3 

1872,      . 

343 

151 

167 

3 

3 

3 

13 

2 

1 

1873,      . 

449 

192 

180 

8 

33- 

6 

23 

I 

7 

1874,      . 

647 

284 

173 

27 

73 

32 

56 

- 

2 

- 

1875,      . 

577 

254 

132 

35 

91 

14 

46 

_ 

3 

2 

1876,      . 

525 

217 

117 

36 

90 

18 

45 

_ 

2 

1877,      . 

553 

214 

143 

54 

74 

7 

59 

_ 

2 

■  _ 

1878,      . 

600 

250 

148 

53 

86 

11 

43 

_ 

7 

2 

1879,      . 

546 

264 

131 

41 

67 

12 

29 

- 

2 

1880,      . 

580 

264 

153 

59 

62 

7 

30 

_ 

3 

2 

1881,      . 

409 

197 

104 

36 

42 

12 

16 

■  _ 

2 

1882,      . 

515 

258 

117 

24 

73 

12 

28 

_ 

3 

_ 

1883,      . 

655 

321 

157 

50 

83 

13 

29 

_ 

1 

1 

1884,      . 

614 

278 

163 

58 

79 

9 

22 

- 

4 

1 

1885,      . 

645 

306 

151 

55 

86 

4 

35 

_ 

5 

3 

1886,      . 

600 

275 

125 

62 

98 

7 

32 

_ 

1 

1887,      . 

796 

397 

179 

72 

111 

16 

16 

_ 

5 

_ 

1888.      . 

624 

304 

126 

59 

89 

12 

22 

4 

5 

3 

1889,      . 

756 

378 

146 

69 

101 

20 

36 

4 

2 

1890,      . 

654 

335 

136 

56 

88 

11 

17 

7 

3 

1 

1891,      . 

799 

389 

140 

94 

109 

.      18 

39 

5 

2 

3 

1892,      . 

790 

376 

166 

86 

104 

29 

18 

6 

4 

1 

1893,      . 

1,045 

498 

219 

134 

140 

16 

26 

6 

5 

1 

1894,      . 

1,107 

511 

221 

118 

154 

32 

58 

9 

4 

1895,      . 

954 

473 

183 

90 

101 

30 

67 

8 

1 

1 

1896,      . 

1,230 

583 

254 

124 

154 

39 

65 

5 

6 

_ 

1897,      . 

1,123 

514 

204 

147 

123 

54 

61 

14 

3 

3 

1898,      . 

1,182 

500 

243 

184 

150 

58 

30 

6 

6 

5 

1899,      . 

1,163 

532 

219 

137 

175 

27 

58 

9 

6 

- 

1900,      . 

1,258 

591 

229 

195 

152 

51 

32 

2 

5 

1 

1901,      . 

1,376 

649 

256 

153 

181 

50 

72 

11 

2 

2 

1902,      . 

1,480 

687 

273 

191 

199 

62 

53 

8 

5 

2 

1903,      . 

1,721 

768 

299 

334 

220 

68 

9 

9 

5 

9 

1904,      . 

1,698 

801 

290 

333 

193 

52 

7 

10 

7 

5 

1905,      . 

1,554 

718 

245 

324 

194 

49 

3 

13 

6 

2 

1906,      . 

1,752 

802 

291 

336 

249 

66 

1 

7 

5 

4 

1907,      . 

1,932 

859 

303 

328 

297 

54 

67 

15 

4 

5 

1908,      . 

1,766 

815 

259 

379 

232 

53 

3 

16 

3 

6 

1909,      . 

1,739 

782 

246 

355 

212 

49 

71 

8 

8 

8 

1910,      . 

1,929 

849 

282 

382 

255 

76 

63 

13 

4 

5 

1911,      . 

2,137 

964 

323 

478 

282 

74 

- 

8 

3 

5 

1912,      . 

1,927 

946 

219 

474 

214 

44 

- 

20 

6 

4 

1913,      . 

2,126 

1,002 

259 

501 

260 

79 

17 

4 

4 

1914,      . 

2,200 

1,095 

224 

525 

244 

83 

- 

20 

5 

4 

1915,      . 

2,252 

1,124 

235 

571 

214 

72 

_ 

21 

4 

11 

1916,      . 

2,301 

1,157 

234 

644 

193 

43 

_ 

16 

9 

5 

1917,      . 

2,635 

1,345 

268 

687 

236 

68 

- 

21 

5 

5 

1918,      . 

2,351 

1,191 

249 

619 

195 

65 

_ 

23 

2 

7 

1919,      . 

2,536 

1,328 

228 

748 

158 

45 

~ 

21 

3 

5 

Since  1910  "extreme  cruelty"  has  been  clas.'^ified  with  "cruel  and  abusive  treatment. 


No.  1.] 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS. 


81 


Table  30 

Applications  for  Divorce:  1882  to  1919, 

Years 
OF  Applica- 

Total. 

GRANTED. 

REFUSED. 

dismissed. 

contested. 

not  contested. 

tion. 

Num- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

Nimi- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

Num- 

Per 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

ber. 

cent. 

1882  to  1919. 

70,272 

53,957 

76.8 

1,269 

1.8 

15,046 

21.4 

7,8261 

11.1 

60,1971 

85.7 

1882  to  1892. 

10,336 

7,4S3 

72.4 

563 

5.4 

2,290 

22.2 

1,085 1 

13.4 

7,00.^1 

86.6 

1882, 1 

712 

547 

76.8 

165 

- 

n.s. 

_ 

144 

20.2 

568 

80.0 

1883,1 

943 

655 

69.5 

66 

7.0 

222 

23.5 

105 

14.5 

616 

85.4 

1884,1 

911 

615 

67.5 

50 

5.5 

246 

27.0 

99 

14.9 

566 

85.1 

1885, 1 

974 

646 

66.3 

47 

4.8, 

281 

28.9 

86 

12.4 

607 

87.6 

1886, 1 

848 

601 

70.9 

42 

5.0' 

205 

24.2 

83 

12.9 

560 

87.1 

1887, 1 

1,J47 

796 

69.4 

47 

4  1 

304 

26.5 

116 

13.8 

727 

86  2 

1888, 1 

1,221 

624 

51.1 

45 

3.7 

552 

45.2 

88 

13.2 

581 

86.8 

1889.1 

898 

756 

84.2 

14 

1.6 

128 

14.3 

84 

10.9 

686 

89.1 

1890,1 

780 

654 

83.8 

21 

2.7 

105 

13.5 

85 

12.6 

590 

87.4 

1891.1 

924 

799 

86.5 

19 

2.1 

106 

11.5 

107 

13.1 

711 

86.9 

1892,1 

978 

790 

80.8 

47 

4.8 

141 

14.4 

88 

10.0 

790 

90. 0 

1S93  to  1919. 

59,936 

4^474 

77.5 

706 

1.2 

12,756 

21.3 

6,741 

11.2 

53,195 

88.8 

1863,   . 

1.350 

1,045 

77.4 

38 

2.8 

267 

19.8 

223 

16.5 

1,127 

83.5 

1894,    . 

1,622 

1,107 

68.2 

24 

1.5 

491 

303 

290 

17.9 

1,332 

82.1 

1895,    . 

1,141 

954 

83.6 

42 

3.7 

145 

12.7 

162 

14.2 

979 

85.8 

1866,    . 

1.610 

1,230 

76.4 

45 

2.8 

335 

20.8 

260 

13.9 

1,350 

86.1 

1897,    . 

1,610 

1,123 

69.8 

56 

3.5 

431 

26.8 

227 

14.1 

1,383 

85.9 

1898.    . 

1,843 

1,182 

64.1 

15 

.8 

646 

35.1 

270 

14.7 

1,573 

85.3 

1899,   . 

1,784 

1,163 

65.2 

11 

.6 

610 

34.2 

168 

9.4 

1,616 

90.6 

1900,    . 

1,413 

1,258 

89.0 

10 

.  7 

145 

10.3 

167 

11.8 

1,246 

88.2 

1901,    . 

1,637 

1,376 

84.1 

9 

.5 

252 

15.4 

202 

12.3 

1,435 

87.7 

1902,    . 

1,863 

1,480 

79.4 

12 

.6 

371 

19.9 

260 

14.0 

1,603 

86.0 

1903,    . 

2,233 

1,721 

77.1 

33 

1.5 

479 

21.5 

338 

15.1 

1,895 

84,9 

1904,    . 

2,184 

1,698 

77.7 

98 

4.5 

388 

17.8 

436 

20.0 

1,748 

80.0 

1905,    . 

1,822 

1,554 

85.3 

30 

1.6 

238 

13.1 

292 

16.0 

1,530 

84.0 

1906,    . 

2,610 

1,752 

67.1 

19 

.7 

839 

32.1 

153 

6.0 

2,457 

94.1 

1907,    . 

2,259 

1,932 

85.5 

24 

1.1 

303 

13.4 

184 

8.1 

2,075 

91.9 

1908,    . 

2,135 

1,766 

82.7 

12 

.6 

357 

16.7 

162 

7.6 

1.973 

92.4 

1909,    . 

2,366 

1,739 

73.5 

37 

1.6 

590 

24.9 

248 

10.5 

2,118 

89.5 

1910,    . 

2,473 

1,929 

78.0 

13 

.5 

531 

21.5 

238 

9.6 

2,235 

90.4 

1911,    . 

2,909 

2,137 

73.5 

- 

- 

772 

26.5 

290 

10.0 

2,619 

90. 0 

1912,    . 

2,532 

1,927 

76.1 

12 

5 

593 

23.4 

259 

10.2 

2,273 

90  0 

1913,    . 

2,640 

2,126 

80.5 

30 

11 

484 

18.3 

237 

9.0 

2,403 

91.0 

1914,    . 

2,964 

2,200 

74.2 

25 

.8 

739 

24.9 

267 

9.0 

2,697 

91.0 

1915, 

2,728 

2,252 

82.6  i 

- 

_ 

476 

17.4  1 

203 

7.4 

2,525 

92.6 

1916,    . 

2,789 

2,301 

82.5 

23 

.8 

465 

16.7  1 

193 

6.9 

2,596 

93.1 

1917,    . 

3,221 

2,635 

81.8 

24 

.7 

562 

17.5  1 

258 

8.0 

2,963 

92.0 

1918,    . 

3.077 

2,351 

76.4 

31 

10 

695 

22.6 

366 

11.9 

2,711 

88.1 

1919,    . 

3,121 

2,536 

81.3 

33 

1.1 

552 

17.7 

388 

12.4 

2,733 

87.6 

No  data  available  showing  facts  as  to  contest  in  case  of  libels  dismissed  in  the  years  1882  to  1892; 


82 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  31 


Statutory  Cause  and  Party  to 
WHICH  Granted. 


All  Causes. 

Husband, 

Wife,       .... 

Desertion, 
Husband,     . 
Wife 

Cruel  and  abusive  treatment 
Husband, 
Wife,     . 

Adultery, 
Husband, 

Wife,     . 

Intoxication, 
Husband, 
Wife,     . 

Non-support, 
Husband, 
Wife,     . 

Inapotency, 
Husband,     . 
Wife,     . 

Imprisonment, 
Husband, 
Wife,     . 

Nullity  of  marriage, 
Husband, 
Wife,     . 


Divorces  Gr.vnted  cl.assified  by  St.\tutory  Cause  .\xd 
Party  to  which  Granted:   1919. 


Total 
number. 


2,536 

754 
1,782 

1,328 
520 


748 
56 


228 

134 

94 

158 
30 
128 

45 

45 

5 

2 
3 

3 

3 

21 
12 


c.vsEs  contested. 


Number.       Per  cent. 


199 

56 
143 

74 
31 
43 


7.8 


CASES  not  contested. 


Number.       Per  cent 


2,337 


7.4 
8.0 

698 
1,639 

5.6 
6.0 
5.3 

1,254 

489 
765 

11.5 

-1 
11.3 

662 

1              48 
!            614 

11.4 

9.7 

i            202 
1            121 

1             81 

6.3 

4.7 

!            148 
!             26 
1            122 

-1 

42 

-1 

42 

-* 

5 

2 
3 

-1 

!            3 

-1 

1               3 

:; 

i              21 
12 

92.2 

92.6 
92.0 

94.4 
94.0 

94.7 


90.3 

-1 

93.7 
-1 

95.3 


Per  cent  not  shown  where  base  is  less  than  100. 


Table  32 

Libels  for  Divorce  Granted  and  Not  Granted,  Contested  and 
Not  Contested,  Classified  by  Party  to  which  Gr.^nted:  1919. 

P.\rty  to  avhich 
Gr.^.nted. 

total. 

granted. 

REFUSED. 

dismissed. 

Con- 
tested. 

Not  eon- 
tested. 

Con- 
tested. 

Not  con- 
tested. 

Con- 
tested. 

Not  con- 
tested. 

Con- 
tested. 

Not  con- 
tested. 

Total. 

Husband. 

Wife 

388 

loo 

233 

2,733 

851 

1,882 

199 

56 
143 

2,337 

698 
1,639 

14 

6 
8 

19 

14 
5 

175 

93 
82 

377 

139 
233 

No.  1.] 


DIVORCE  STATISTICS. 


83 


Table  33 

Number  of  Years  Libellaxts  were  Married  at  Time  of 

Application  fob 

Divorce:  1882  to  1919.1 

Years  of 

Application*. 

30  years 
and 
over. 

Total. 

Under  6 

6  to  11 

lto4 

5  to  9 

10  to  19 

20  to  29 

Aver- 

months. 

months. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

years. 

age. 

1882  to  1919. 

67,949 

481 

490 

12,678 

21,190 

23,564 

7,657 

1,884 

- 

18S3  to  1892. 

8,027 

33 

38 

1,239 

2,-593 

3,043 

844 

237 

_ 

1893  to  1919. 

59,922 

m 

452 

11,439 

18,597 

20,521 

6,813 

1,647 

- 

1893,      . 

1.348 

8 

9 

237 

421 

477 

147 

49 

11.6 

1894,      . 

1,620 

16 

17 

320 

477 

576 

165 

49 

11  5 

1895,      . 

1,139 

7 

8 

216 

336 

418 

129 

25 

11.5 

18S6,      . 

1.609 

14 

9 

279 

512 

569 

179 

47 

11.5 

1897,      . 

1,607 

9 

8 

288 

508 

561 

184 

49 

11.3 

1898,      . 

1,843 

12 

3 

347 

583 

645 

193 

60 

11.0 

1859,      . 

1,784 

3 

2 

340 

568 

626 

195 

50 

11.0 

1900,      . 

1,413 

4 

2 

247 

444 

534 

138 

44 

11.3 

1901,      . 

1,637 

9 

2 

299 

514 

599 

175 

39 

11.0 

1902,      . 

1,863 

13 

3 

355 

545 

691 

202 

54 

11.2 

1903,      . 

2.233 

17 

28 

333 

673 

858 

251 

73 

11.4 

1904,      . 

2,184 

25 

31 

413 

634 

781 

234 

66 

10.9 

1S05,      . 

1,819 

9 

23 

361 

572 

621 

184 

49 

11  0 

1906,      . 

2,610 

41 

2 

485 

820 

890 

303 

69 

10.7 

1907,      . 

2,2.59 

22 

5 

411 

715 

776 

269 

61 

11.2 

1908,      . 

2,1.35 

8 

12 

556 

613 

665 

235 

46 

11  0 

1909,      . 

2,366 

21 

32 

406 

726 

822 

283 

76 

11.2 

1910.      . 

2,473 

30 

- 

526 

740 

829 

285 

63 

10.8 

1911,      . 

2,909 

20 

29 

543 

880 

974 

406 

57 

11.2 

1912,      . 

2,.532 

3 

21 

501 

820 

823 

304 

60 

10.5 

1913,      . 

2,640 

23 

23 

479 

835 

891 

318 

71 

11.2 

1914,      . 

2,963 

20 

1 

809 

910 

850 

307 

66 

10.9 

1915,      . 

2,728 

20 

23 

437 

946 

940 

280 

82 

10.7 

1916,      . 

2,789 

20 

32 

548 

917 

887 

316 

69 

10.6 

1917,      . 

3,221 

13 

49 

585 

1,026 

1,079 

375 

93 

10.9 

1918,      . 

3,077 

26 

41 

567 

937 

1,035 

382 

89 

11.1 

1919,      . 

3,121 

35 

37 

551 

925 

1,104 

374 

91 

10.9 

Exclusive  of  those  for  which  duration  of  marriage  was  unknown. 


IV 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS 


IV. 
MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


PAGE 

Introduction, 87-107 

A.  General  mortality, 87-93 

Death  registration, .        .  87, 88 

Purpose, 88 

Mortality  statistics, 88 

Source  of  data, 88,  89 

Death  rates  and  their  comparability^ 89,  90 

Number  of  deaths  and  death  rates, 90,  91 

Sex, 91 

Age, 91,92 

Sex  and  age, 92 

Marital  condition, 92, 93 

Centenarians, 93 

Nativity, 93 

Seasonal  distribution  of  deaths,        ......  93 

B.  Infant  mortality, 93-97 

C.  Cause  of  death, 98-102 

Sources  of  error  in  mortality  statistics, 98,  99 

Principal  causes  of  death, 99-102 

D.  Maternal  mortality, 102-104 

E.  Deaths  investigated  by  medical  examiners,        .        ...        .  104-107 

Source  of  data, 104, 105 

Number  of  deaths  investigated, 105 

Autopsies, 105,106 

Cause  of  death, 106,107 

Statistical  tables,  1 108-223 

IXTRODUCTION. 

A.  General  Mortality. 
Death  Registration.-  —  Massachusetts  was  one  of  the  first  American 
States  in  which  dependable  registration  was  enforced,  the  earliest 
legislation  in  Massachusetts  being  the  requirement  for  the  keeping 
of  records  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths  adopted  by  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  in  1639.  In  ISSO  the  registration  area  for 
deaths  established  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  the  Census,  i.e., 

1  For  a  list  of  the  tables  on  mortality  statistics,  see  pages  v  to  vii. 

2  A  list  of  the  practical  uses  of  death  certificates  will  be  found  in  the  Seventy-sixth  Annual  Report 
on  Births,  Marriages,  and  Deaths  in  Massachusetts,  1917,  pages  108,  109. 


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the  States,  and  cities  in  other  States,  effectively  enforcing  satis- 
factory registration  laws  of  all  deaths  registered,  included  but  two 
States,  Massachusetts  and  New  Jersey,  the  District  of  Columbia, 
and  a  number  of  cities  in  nonregistration  States. 

During  the  period  1841  to  1919,  inclusive,  2,786,629  deaths  have 
been  reported,  recorded,  and  tabulated  in  the  Division  of  Vital 
Statistics. 

These  records  are  not  only  on  file  in  the  cities  and  towns  in  which 
they  occurred  and  in  the  city  and  town  given  as  the  residence  of 
the  deceased  at  the  time  of  death,  but  also  at  the  State  House.  All 
such  deaths  recorded  in  the  Division  of  Vital  Statistics  are  indexed 
in  alphabetical  lists  of  five-year  periods,  and  are  easily  accessible  to 
the  public  at  any  time  during  office  hours. 

Purpose.  —  Death  registration  often  gives  the  first  intimation  of 
pestilential  disease,  permitting  health  officers  to  attack  epidemics 
in  their  incipiency.  It  serves  as  evidence  in  the  inheritance  of 
property  and  in  the  settlement  of  life  insurance.  It  is  useful  in 
preventing  crime  through  the  restriction  placed  upon  the  disposal  of 
dead  human  bodies,  and  insures  a  permanent  and  uniform  record  of 
the  death  of  each  individual  for  both  sentimental  and  legal  reasons. 

Mortality  Statistics.  —  Mortality  statistics,  or  statistics  of  deaths, 
are  useful  in  showing  the  extent  and  rate  of  change  in  population 
produced  by  deaths,  the  average  duration  of  life,  the  relative  fre- 
quency with  which  the  several  causes  produce  death,  and  for  their 
service  in  creating  an  interest  in  public  health  administration  and 
securing  support  for  sanitary  measures.  In  comparison  with  birth 
statistics  they  give  useful  information  regarding  population  increase 
or  decrease.  Mortality  statistics,  however,  cannot  be  used  as  an 
index  of  the  prevalence  of  certain  diseases,  because  there  is  no  fixed 
ratio  between  sickness  and  fatality.  Only  cases  of  fatal  sickness  or 
disease  are  given,  while  morbidity  statistics  include  all  cases,  whether 
fatal  or  not. 

Source  of  Data.  —  iNIortality  statistics  are  based  upon  original 
data  obtained  by  the  registration  of  deaths,  which  is  accomplished 
by  the  use  of  a  blank  or  schedule  known  as  the  standard  death 
certificate.     The  registration  law  of  Massachusetts  provides  that  — • 

Each  toT\ii  clerk  shall  receive  or  obtain  and  record  in  separate  columns  the 
following  facts  relative  to  .  .  .  deaths  in  his  town: 

In  the  record  of  deaths,  date  of  record,  date  of  death,  name  of  deceased,  sex, 


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color,  condition  (whether  single,  widowed,  married  or  divorced),  supposed  age, 
residence,  occupation,  place  of  death,  place  of  birth,  names  and  places  of  birth 
of  the  parents,  maiden  name  of  the  mother,  disease  or  cause  of  death,  defined 
so  that  it  can  be  classified  under  the  international  classification  of  causes  of 
death,  place  of  burial,  name  of  the  cemetery,  if  any,  and  if  deceased  was  a 
married  or  divorced  woman  or  a  widow,  her  maiden  name  and  the  name  of  her 
husband.  The  word  "residence",  as  used  in  this  section,  shall  be  held  to  in- 
clude the  name  of  the  street  and  number,  if  any,  of  the  house. 

The  standard  certificate  of  death  in  use  in  Massachusetts  is 
similar  to  that  used  throughout  the  registration  area  of  the  United 
States. 

The  responsibility  for  seeing  that  a  certificate  is  properly  made 
out  and  filed  with  the  local  board  of  health  rests  primarily  with  the 
undertaker,  who  is  required  by  law  to  present  a  satisfactory  certifi- 
cate of  death  before  he  may  obtain  a  permit  to  remove  the  body 
from  the  city  or  town  in  which  the  death  occurred,  or  to  bury  the 
body.  The  local  board  of  health  is  required  to  transmit  the  death 
certificate  to  the  city  or  town  clerk,  who  in  turn  records  the  death 
and  transmits  a  certified  copy  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  the  month  following  that  in 
which  the  death  occurred.  Although  the  law  provides  that  the 
standard  certificate  of  death  shall  be  used,  hospitals  and  other  in- 
stitutions are  only  required  to  obtain,  when  a  person  is  received,  the 
facts  which  would  be  required  for  record  in  the  event  of  the  death 
of  such  person.  Thus  several  important  items  required  by  the 
standard  certificate  of  death  are  not  obtained  in  some  cases.  This  is 
a  serious  defect  in  the  death  registration  law,  and  ought  to  be 
remedied  by  requiring  hospitals  and  institutions  to  obtain,  when  the 
person  is  received,  all  the  facts  required  on  the  standard  certificate 
of  death. 

Death  Rates  and  their  Comparability.  —  The  death  rates  given  in 
this  report  are  based  upon  the  comparison  of  total  deaths  with  the 
aggregate  population.  They  are  usually  expressed  in  terms  of  the 
number  of  deaths  per  1,000  population,  and  are  calculated  by  dividing 
the  total  number  of  deaths  by  the  population  in  thousands.  This 
means  that  death  rates  vary  with  the  character  of  the  population  and 
each  element  has  its  relation  to  the  rate  of  mortality,  and,  therefore, 
for  comparison  with  other  States  or  countries,  the  make-up  of  the 
population  must  be  considered.    The  death  rate  per  1,000  males  is 


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generally  higher  than  the  rate  per  1,000  females.  Hence,  a  State 
having  a  relatively  larger  female  population  than  another  will  normally 
show  a  lower  death  rate,  and  a  community  where  the  very  young  or 
old  predominate  will  show  a  higher  rate  than  a  community  made  up 
largely  of  young  adults.  Rates  will  also  vary  with  the  color  and 
nationality  of  the  inhabitants,  as  death  rates  are  unfavorably  affected 
by  a  large  foreign-born  population,  living  in  crowded  tenements  and 
under  unsanitary  conditions. 

Factors  which  seriously  affect  the  comparability  of  the  death  rates 
of  different  communities  are:  (1)  race  composition;  (2)  the  social, 
marital,  and  economic  status  of  the  people;  (3)  employment;  (4) 
the  location  of  hospitals  and  institutions;  (5)  migration;  and  (6) 
the  birth  rate. 

The  rates  given  in  this  report,  as  well  as  those  in  all  the  preceding 
registration  reports,  are  based  on  the  inclusion  of  all  deaths,  both 
resident  and  nonresident,  occurring  in  each  city  or  town.  Deaths  in 
the  asylums  for  the  insane  and  in  other  State  institutions  are  enumer- 
ated with  those  of  the  town  where  they  are  located,  and  while  for 
certain  localities  non-resident  deaths  are  given  (see  footnote,  page 
108),  no  plan  has  yet  been  devised  for  charging  nonresidents  back  to 
the  towns  from  which  they  come.  The  growing  popularity  of  our 
city  hospitals  also  affects  local  statistics.  Many  victims  of  typhoid 
fever,  or  similar  diseases,  who  contract  the  disease  in  the  country, 
are  carried  to  the  city  hospitals  and  some  die  there.  This  requires 
their  deaths  to  be  recorded  in  the  city  where  they  die.  Obviously 
this  is  an  injustice  which  is  especially  apparent  in  some  instances. 

In  addition  to  the  erroneous  and  unwarranted  conclusions  some- 
times arrived  at  by  attempting  to  compare  data  which  are  not  com- 
parable, such  as  death  rates  of  different  communities  of  varying  sex 
and  age  composition,  another  possible  source  of  error  in  mortality 
statistics  is  the  original  data,  which  are  sometimes  given  by  persons 
not  fully  cognizant  of  the  true  facts. 

Number  of  Deaths  and  Death  Rates.  —  There  was  a  decrease  in  the 
mortality  of  1919  over  that  of  1918,  the  number  of  deaths  occurring 
during  the  calendar  year  1919  being  52,345,  a  decrease  over  1918  of 
26,497.  Based  on  the  estimated  midyear  population  of  3,835,614, 
these  deaths  correspond  to  a  rate  of  13.6  per  1,000  population,  as 
compared  with  20.2  in  1918.  This  rate  for  1919  is  the  lowest  ever 
recorded  in  Massachusetts. 


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During  the  last  three  10-year  periods  the  death  rate  of  the 
Commonwealth  has  fallen  from  19.2  in  1889,  17.4  in  1899,  15.5  in 
1909  to  13.6  in  1919.  This  remarkable  decrease  in  mortality  has 
been  the  rule  rather  than  the  exception  in  the  experiences  of  the 
other  States.  Since  1851  the  average  death  rate  for  Massachusetts 
has  been  18.5  per  1,000  living.  During  the  period  1871  to  1875 
this  rate  stood  at  20.9,  and,  as  recently  as  the  period  1896  to  1900, 
at  18.1,  since  which  time  the  decline  has  been  fairly  rapid. 

Table  37,  on  page  124,  shows  the  number  of  deaths  and  the  death 
rates  per  1,000  population  for  the  census  years  and  per  1,000  esti- 
mated papulation  for  the  intercensal  years,  from  1851  to  1919. 

Sex.  —  Oi  the  52,345  deaths  in  1919,  26,407,  or  50.4  per  cent, 
were  males,  as  compared  with  52.9  per  cent  in  1918.  In  8  cases  the 
sex  of  the  decedent  was  unknown  or  not  reported.  The  proportion 
of  males  in  the  living  population,  as  shown  by  the  State  Census  of 
1915,  was  49.1  per  cent.  Expressed  as  a  ratio  there  were  1,018 
deaths  of  males  per  1,000  deaths  of  females  in  1919,  as  compared 
with  1,121  in  1918,  1,097  in  1917,  1,101  in  1916,  1,060  in  1915,  and 
1,085  in  1914. 

Table  38,  on  page  125,  shows  that  the  death  rate  for  males  has 
been  consistently  greater  than  the  death  rate  for  females.  In  1919 
the  rate  for  males  exceeded  that  for  females  by  only  .7  per  1,000, 
the  lowest  ever  recorded  in  Massachusetts.  The  death  rate  of  the 
sexes  has  fluctuated  considerably,  reaching  the  maximum  in  1918, 
when  the  difference  was  3  per  1,000. 

Age.  —  Of  the  52,345  deaths  in  1919,  7,769,  or  14.8  per  cent,  were 
of  infants  under  1  year  of  age,  as  compared  with  13.7  per  cent  in 
1918,  and  an  average  of  17.7  per  cent  for  the  five  years  from  1913 
to  1917,  and  20.9  for  the  five  years  from  1908  to  1912.  A  more 
detailed  discussion  of  infant  mortality  may  be  found  on  pages  93 
to  97. 

The  ages  at  which  the  people  have  been  most  benefited  by  re- 
ductions in  death  rates  are  illustrated  in  Table  39,  on  page  126, 
Avhich  shows  the  number  of  deaths  and  the  death  rates  per  1,000 
population  for  the  census  years  1875  to  1915.  While  the  death  rates 
for  the  lower  ages  have  decreased  in  recent  years,  the  death  rates 
of  persons  50  years  and  upwards  have  increased.  In  the  forty  years 
covered  by  this  table  the  death  rate  of  infants  under  1  year  of  age 
declined  from  226.6  to  126.1  per  1,000  population  under  1  year  of 


92  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

age;  the  death  rate  of  children  under  5  years  of  age  decHned  from 
74  to  35.5  per  1,000;  and  so  on  for  all  age  periods  up  to  50  years. 
Above  the  age  of  50  years  the  death  rate  in  1910  was  very  much 
higher  than  in  1875.  The  decrease  in  the  death  rate  for  all  ages 
and  in  the  rates  due  to  diseases  most  frequent  in  the  early  years  of 
life,  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  increase  in  rates  for  the  advanced 
ages  on  the  other,  indicate  increased  longevity. 

Sex  and  Age.  —  The  death  rate  of  adult  males  we  should  naturally 
expect  would  be  greater  than  the  rate  for  adult  females,  on  account 
of  the  more  dangerous  occupations  of  the  males,  but  the  excess  in 
the  death  rate  of  male  infants  as  compared  with  female  infants  has 
never  been  satisfactorily  explained.  Of  the  7,769  decedents  under 
1  year  of  age  in  1919,  4,395,  or  56.6  per  cent,  were  males.  The  ratio 
of  male  to  female  deaths  among  the  higher  age  periods  fluctuated 
somewhat.  The  proportion  of  male  deaths  was  the  larger  from  1 
year  of  age  up  to  and  including  the  age  period  70  to  74  years,  with 
the  exception  of  the  twenty  to  twenty-four  and  twenty-five  to 
twenty-nine  year  age  periods,  in  which  the  number  of  female  deaths 
was  larger  than  the  number  of  male  deaths.  From  the  age  of  75  years 
and  upwards  the  number  of  deaths  of  females  exceeded  the  deaths 
of  males.  In  the  total  population  in  1915  the  number  of  males  was 
in  excess  of  the  number  of  females  up  to  the  age  of  14  years.  From 
that  period  on  the  excess,  of  females  was  marked,  particularly  so  be- 
ginning with  the  age  period  50  to  54  years,  when  the  excess  increased 
greatly  with  the  increase  of  age.  The  ratios  of  male  deaths  per  1,000 
deaths  of  females  at  the  various  age  periods  in  the  four  years  1916 
to  1919  are  shown  in  Table  41,  on  page  127. 

The  excess  of  females  in  the  population  65  years  of  age  and  over 
is  so  great  that,  even  though  their  mortality  at  each  age  period  is 
below  that  of  males,  the  absolute  number  of  deaths  is  greater. 
Among  the  26,407  male  decedents  in  1919,  4,395,  or  16.6  per  cent, 
were  under  1  year  of  age;  among  the  25,930  female  decedents,  3,373, 
or  13  per  cent,  were  under  1  year;  and  among  the  decedents  of  both 
sexes  14.8  per  cent  were  under  1  year.     (See  Table  42,  on  page  128.) 

Marital  Condition.  —  Not  quite  one-half  (48.2  per  cent)  of  the 
decedents  15  years  of  age  and  over  whose  marital  condition  was  re- 
ported in  1919  were  married,  21.4  per  cent  were  single,  29  per  cent 
were  widowed,  .9  per  cent  were  divorced,  and  .5  per  cent  were  un- 
known.   Among  the  male  decedents  54.9  per  cent  were  married,  23.5 


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per  cent  were  single,  19.7  per  cent  were  widowed,  1:1  per  cent  were 
divorced,  and  .8  per  cent  were  unknown.  Among  the  female  dece- 
dents 41.8  per  cent  were  married,  19.5  per  cent  were  single,  37.9  per 
cent  were  widowed,  and  .8  per  cent  were  divorced.  No  precise 
study  of  the  bearing  of  marital  condition  on  mortality  statistics  can 
be  made,  however,  without  a  detailed  statement  of  the  age  distribu- 
tion of  the  population.  The  age  groups  used  in  the  census  statistics 
do  not  coincide  with  the  age  groups  used  in  the  tabulation  of  death 
statistics,  so  that  the  two  sets  of  figures  cannot  be  used  together. 
Table  45,  on  page  131,  shows  the  number  of  deaths  of  males  and 
females  15  years  of  age  and  over,  by  marital  condition. 

Centenarians.  —  Among  the  deaths  registered  during  1919  there 
were  21  of  reputed  centenarians,  16  of  whom  were  females;  11  were 
native  and  10  were  foreign  born;  15  were  widowed,  3  were  mar- 
ried, and  3  were  single.  Table  44,  on  page  130,  presents  data 
concerning  the  deaths  of  centenarians  by  sex,  nativity,  marital  con- 
dition, and  maximum  age  at  death  for  the  thirty-nine  years  1881  to 
1919. 

Nativity.  —  Over  two-thirds  (67.5  per  cent)  of  the  decedents  whose 
nativity  was  reported  on  the  death  certificates  in  1919  were  native. 
There  were  26.2  decedents  whose  nativity  was  not  reported.  The 
close  correspondence  between  the  nativity  of  decedents  (67.6  per 
cent  native  in  1915)  and  the  nativity  of  the  total  population  is  shown 
by  the  census  of  1915,  68.8  per  cent  of  the  population  of  the  Com- 
monwealth at  that  time  being  native. 

Seasonal  Distribution  of  Deaths.  —  The  largest  number  of  deaths 
during  any  month  occurred  in  January  (7,154),  and  the  next  largest 
number  in  March  (5,226).  Since  the  months  are  not  of  equal  length, 
the  monthly  incidence  must  be  reduced  to  a  uniform  basis.  The 
average  daily  number  of  deaths  for  1919  was  143.  The  months 
showing  a  higher  average  than  that  for  the  year  were:  January  (231), 
February  (186),  March  (169),  and  April  (156).  Table  46,  on  page 
132,  shows  the  number  of  deaths  in  each  month  of  1919  in  the  State, 
in  counties,  and  in  cities  having  over  50,000  inhabitants  in  1915. 

B.     Infant  Mortality. 
The  magnitude  of  the  death  rate  of  infants  under  1  year  of  age 
is  one  of  the  most  important  subjects  to  be  considered  in  any  dis- 
cussion of  deaths,  and  entitles  the  problem  of  infant  mortality  to  a 


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place  among  the  most  serious  social  problems  of  the  present  day. 
The  enormous  waste  of  human  life  that  is  going  on  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  one  baby  out  of  every  ten  born  alive  dies  before  reaching 
its  first  birthday. 

The  infant  mortality  for  the  State  in  1919  was  88.5  per  1,000  live 
births.  This  is  the  lowest  infant  mortality  rate  ever  recorded  in 
this  Commonwealth.  But  a  still  better  statistical  proof  of  the  re- 
duction in  infant  mortality  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  while  there 
has  been  a  steady  increase  in  the  number  of  live  births,  interrupted 
only  by  slight  decreases  in  the  years  1894,  1898,  1899,  1901,  1902, 
1909,  and  1919,  the  actual  number  of  infant  deaths  under  1  year  of 
age  was  lower  in  1919  than  in  any  year  since  1885,  when  the  number 
of  live  births  was  only  48,790,  —  a  truly  remarkable  record.  Ref- 
erence to  Table  47,  on  page  133,  shows  in  striking  manner  this  re- 
markable reduction  in  infant  mortality,  actual  decrements  without 
regard  for  increase  in  the  number  of  births  and  without  regard  for 
increase  in  population. 

The  greatest  infant  mortality  occurred  in  1896  (11,765  deaths); 
the  next  greatest  actual  number  of  infant  deaths  occurred  twelve 
years  later,  1908  (11,606).  Since  1908  there  has  been,  with  the 
exception  of  1910,  when  there  were  11,499  infant  deaths,  and  1918 
(10,820),  a  steady  decrease  in  the  number  of  deaths  of  infants  under 
1  year  of  age,  the  figures  being  as  follows :  — 


Years. 

Number  of 

deaths 

under  one  year 

of  age. 

Infant 

mortality 

rates. 

1908, 
1909, 
1910, 
1911, 
1912, 
1913, 
1914. 
1915, 
1916, 
1917, 
1918, 
1919, 

11,606 

10,693 

11,499 

10,543 

10,472 

10,086 

9,894 

9.490 

9,33-4 

9.325 

10,820 

7,769 

133.5 

127.2 

132.9 

119.4 

116.5 

110.1 

105.9 

101.9 

99.8 

97.4 

113.2 

88.5 

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This  salvage  of  the  lives  of  babies  in  recent  years  has  been  due, 
not  so  much  to  the  gradual  improvement  in  birth  registration,  but 
to  an  actual  reduction  in  the  number  of  deaths  under  1  year  of  age. 
In  the  ten  years  from  1910  to  1919  there  has  been  an  increase  of 
1.0  per  cent  in  the  number  of  live  births  registered,  and  a  decrease  in 
the  actual  7iumber  of  deaths  under  1  year  of  32.4  P^^  <^^^^- 

A  higher  proportion  of  the  salvage  of  infant  life  in  Massachusetts 
has  taken  place  in  Boston,  where  the  infant  welfare  agencies  have 
been  untiring  in  their  baby-saving  campaigns.  In  1919  deaths  under 
1  year  of  age  numbered  1,814,  or  96.5  per  1,000  live  births,  as  com- 
pared with  114.7  in  1918,  and  is  the  lowest  since  1909.  In  the  ten 
years  from  1910  to  1919  there  has  been  an  increase  of  6.4  per  cent 
in  the  number  of  live  births  registered,  and  a  decrease  in  the  actual 
number  of  deaths  under  1  year  of  19.4  per  cent.  For  the  remainder 
of  the  State  the  number  of  births  registered  increased  .2  per  cent 
during  this  period,  while  the  number  of  deaths  under  1  year  de- 
creased 35.6  per  cent.  The  infant  mortality  rates  for  the  State, 
exclusive  of  Boston,  decreased  from  134.3  in  1910  to  86.3  in  1919, 
as  compared  with  a  decrease  in  Boston  from  127.4  in  1910  to  96.5 
in  1919.    (See  Table  50  on  page  136.) 

The  infant  mortality  rates  in  municipalities  having  15,000  or  more 
inhabitants  for  the  years  1912  to  1919  are  shown  in  Table  48,  on 
page  134. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  infant  mortality  rates  of 
cities  in  which  children's  hospitals  and  maternity  hospitals  are  lo- 
cated are  often  very  misleading.  In  1919  the  infant  mortality  rate 
in  Holyoke  was  119.4  deaths  per  1,000  live  births.  There  were  1,583 
babies  born  in  that  city,  and  189  babies  died  there  before  reaching 
their  first  birthday.  Of  these  189  babies,  26  died  in  the  Brightside 
Institution,  and  13  of  these  latter,  or  50  per  cent,  were  probably  of 
illegitimate  birth. ^  Fourteen  and  three-tenths  per  cent  of  the  189 
babies  who  died  in  Holyoke  were  brought  from  cities  outside  Holyoke 
and  died  in  the  Brightside  Institution.  ,  The  infant  mortality  rate 
for  the  city  of  Holyoke,  outside  Brightside  Institution,  was  103. 

1  Although  the  illegitimacy  of  these  births  had  not  been  legally  determined,  as  the  information  relat- 
ing to  the  father  was  not  given  on  the  birth  certificate,  the  presumption  is  that  the  children  were 
probably  illegitimate. 


96 


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De.\ths  under  1  Year  of  Age  in  Holyoke:   1919. 

deaths  in  brightside 

deaths 

outside  bright- 

Place  of  Residence. 

Total. 

I 

SSTITUTION. 

side  institution. 

Total. 

Legiti- 

Illegiti- 

Total. 

Legiti- 

Illegiti- 

mate.! 

mate.  1 

mate.i 

mate.! 

Total. 

189 

26 

13 

13 

163 

157 

6 

Holyoke,         .... 

162 

4 

1 

3 

158 

152 

6 

Born  in  Holyoke, 

156 

3 

1 

2 

152 

146 

6 

Born  in  other  places, 

6 

1 

- 

1 

6 

6 

Chicopee 

4 

9 

2 

- 

2 

2 

- 

Springfield,    .... 

5 

5 

3 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Fitchburg,      .... 

3 

3 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Southbridge, 

3 

3 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

South  Hadley, 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

2 

- 

Other  towns  (10), 

10 

9 

4 

5 

1 

1 

- 

A  careful  analysis  of  the  returns  of  other  cities  and  towns  in  which 
children's  hospitals  are  located  would  probably  show  lower  infant 
mortality  rates  than  appear  in  Table  48. 

The  highest  proportion  of  deaths  occurs  in  the  early  period  of 
infancy,  and  especially  is  this  true  of  the  first  few  days.  In  1919, 
2,564  deaths  occurred  in  the  first  week,  constituting  33  per  cent  of 
all  deaths  under  1  year  of  age.  On  the  first  day  the  percentage  of 
deaths  (16.1)  was  higher  than  on  any  other  day.  In  the  first  month 
of  life  there  were  3,635  deaths,  or  46.8  per  cent  of  all  infant  deaths. 
In  the  first  three  months  there  were  4,810  deaths,  or  55.6  per  cent 
of  all  infant  deaths.  Over  three-fourths  (78.1  per  cent)  of  the  infant 
deaths  occurred  in  the  first  half  of  the  year. 

Babies  are  weakest  at  birth  and  during  early  infancy,  and  the 
hazard  of  life  is  greatest  during  the  first  weeks  and  months  after 
birth.  A  large  number  of  the  deaths  in  early  infancy  are  due  to  the 
fact  that  many  babies  are  born  with  some  handicap,  and  that  in 
many  instances  the  mother  has  been  subjected  to  some  condition 
which  resulted  in  the  birth  of  a  child  incapable  of  withstanding  the 
ordinary  strain  of  life.  Proper  prenatal  care  of  mothers  is  of  the 
utmost  importance  as  a  means  of  reducing  the  number  of  early 
deaths.  Efforts  toward  this  end  have  been  made  in  several  munici- 
palities, notably  in  Boston,  by  hospitals,  visiting  nurses,  health 
officers  and  others,  who  have  attempted  to  make  adequate  medical 
advice  and  obstetrical  care  available  to  mothers  during  pregnancy. 

Over  three-fourths  (79.7  per  cent)  of  the  2,564  babies  who  died 
less  than  one  week  after  birth  died  of  prematurity,  congenital  debil- 


See  note  1  on  page  95. 


No.  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  97 

ity,  malformations,  or  injuries  received  at  birth.  Of  the  3,104  babies 
who  died  from  these  causes  before  reaching  the  age  of  1  year,  34.1 
per  cent  died  in  less  than  one  day,  65.9  per  cent  died  in  less  than 
one  week,  and  83.8  per  cent  died  in  less  than  one  month.  The  second 
most  important  cause  of  infant  deaths  —  gastric  and  intestinal  dis- 
eases —  claimed  1,431,  or  18.4  per  cent  of  the  babies  who  died  before 
reaching  1  year  of  age.  Twelve  and  three-tenths  per  cent  of  the 
babies  who  died  from  this  cause  died  in  less  than  one  month  after 
birth,  13.5  per  cent  within  one  but  less  than  two  months  after  birth, 
and  12.4  per  cent  within  two  but  less  than  three  months  after  birth. 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis*  are  the  most  important  preventable 
causes  of  infant  mortality,  especially  prevalent  during  the  summer 
season,  and  due  in  a  large  part  to  methods  of  feeding,  hot  weather 
and  the  living  and  social  conditions  of  the  parents.  With  hygienic 
care,  including  cool  baths,  much  fresh  air,  and  careful  feeding,  many 
infants  are  able  to  pass  through  extremely  hot  weather  without  seri- 
ous diarrheal  disturbances.  The  mortality  of  infants  from  diarrhea 
and  enteritis*  has  decreased  from  33  per  1,000  live  births  in  1911  to 
15  in  1919.  Deaths  under  2  years  ^  of  age  from  diarrhea  and  en- 
teritis* for  each  month  of  the  nine  years  1911  to  1919  are  shown  in 
Table  53,  on  page  138,  which  illustrates  in  striking  manner  the  great 
reductions  that  have  been  made  in  the  number  of  deaths  from  this 
cause,  probably  due  to  infant  welfare  work  carried  on  in  many  cities, 
particularly  during  the  hotter  months. 

The  largest  number  of  deaths  of  infants  is  due  to  developmental 
and  wasting  diseases,*  and  the  figures  indicate  a  reduction  in  infant 
mortality  due  to  these  causes,  —  from  41.2  deaths  per  1,000  live 
births  in  1911  to  31.1  in  1919.  Respiratory  diseases  also  caused  a 
considerable  number  of  deaths.  The  number  of  deaths  from  broncho- 
pneumonia* shows  an  increase  from  1911  to  1914,  and  a  steady  de- 
crease since  then  except  in  1918.  In  1911  there  were  732  infant 
deaths  from  this  cause;  in  1912,  859;  in  1913,  1,082;  in  1914,  1,455; 
in  1915,  1,068;  in  1916,  999;  in  1917,  809;  in  1918,  1,221,  and  in 
1919,  917.  The  principal  causes  of  infant  deaths  for  the  years  1911 
to  1919  are  shown  in  Table  52,  on  page  137. 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 

1  Deaths  from  diarrhea  and  enteritis  by  months  were  not  tabulated  for  children  under  1  year  of  age. 


98  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


C.    Cause  of  Death, 

Sources  of  Error  in  Mortality  Statistics.  —  The  chief  element  of 
error  in  mortality  statistics  lies  in  the  inaccuracy  of  the  statement 
of  the  cause  of  death  as  reported  by  the  attending  physician,  who 
may  not  have  been  in  a  position  to  feel  reasonably  certain  as  to  the 
nature  of  the  terminal  illness,  or  who  may,  at  the  request  of  the 
family  of  the  decedent,  deliberately  withhold  a  statement  of  the  true 
cause  of  death,  as  when  the  condition  is  either  tuberculosis,  cancer, 
syphilis,  or  some  other  reportable  disease.  Statements  of  cause  of 
death  are  often  incomplete  as  a  result  of  the  unintentional  failure  of 
the  physician  to  state  all  the  morbid  conditions  known  to  him  which 
resulted  in  the  death.^  It  is  also  probable  that  there  are  many  un- 
avoidable errors  of  mistaken  diagnosis.^ 

It  should  also  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  process  of  classifying  the 
thousands  of  different  terms  —  some  of  them  of  a  very  indefinite  or 
unsatisfactory  character  —  under  the  189  titles  of  the  International 
List  of  Causes  of  Death  presents  many  difficulties  which  are  seldom 
fully  appreciated  by  those  who  have  not  engaged  in  the  work  of 
classification.  Even  if  each  certificate  of  death  out  of  the  52,345 
received  during  1919  at  the  Division  of  Vital  Statistics  of  the  Office 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  bore  only  a  single  cause,  the 
process  would  present  many  difficulties.  Many  certificates,  however, 
bear  statements  of  two  or  more  causes  instead  of  one,  and  a  system 
of  selection,  according  to  the  precedents  and  rules  of  the  Inter- 
national Committee,  has  been  adopted  by  the  Ignited  States  Bureau 
of  the  Census,^  and  is  used  in  the  Office  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth.  Because  of  the  complications  attendant  upon  any 
attempt  to  show  all  primary  and  secondary  terms  in  relation,  it  be- 

1  For  example,  the  statement  of  "acute  nephritis"  is  often  returned  as  a  cause  of  death,  with  no  mention 
of  the  "scarlet  fever"  which  terminated  in  the  "acute  nephritis."  "Meningitis"  is  sometimes  reported  as 
a  cause,  when  there  has  been  a  primary  condition,  such  as  "  whooping  cough"  or  some  form  of  traumatism, 
antecedent  to  the  final  condition. 

-  Dr.  Richard  C.Cabot,  in  an  article  on  "Diagnostic  Pitfalls  identified  during  a  Study  of  3,000  Autopsies", 
published  in  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  December  28,  1912,  page  2295,  and  Dr.  Horst 
Oertel,  in  an  article  on  "The  Inaccuracy  of  American  MortaUty  Statistics",  published  in  the  American 
Underwriter  May,  1913,  have  pointed  out  that  in  the  best  hospitals  bedside  diagnoses  of  even  the  com- 
moner maladies  often  prove  to  be  erroneous  on  autopsy.  In  Dr.  Cabot's  study  of  3,000  autopsies  it  was 
found  that  while  the  results  were  confirmatory  of  the  original  diagnoses  to  a  high  degree  in  certain  classes  of 
causes  such  as  diabetes  mellitus  (95  per  cent),  typhoid  fever  (92  per  cent),  aortic  regurgitation  (84  per 
cent),  in  others  the  percentages  of  correct  diagnoses  were  very  low;  acute  nephritis  (16  per  cent),  chronic 
myocarditis  (22  per  cent),  broncho-pneumonia  (33  per  cent),  acute  endocarditis  (39  per  cent),  chronic 
interstitial  nephritis  (50  per  cent),  miliarj-  tuberculosis  (52  per  cent),  and  active  phthisis  (59  per  cent). 

3  Index  to  Joint  Causes  of  Death,  1914. 


No,  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  99 

comes  necessary  to  base  all  statistical  compilations  of  causes  of 
death  on  the  selection  of  a  preferred  term.  As  a  result  it  is  evident 
that  there  may  be  a  margin  of  error,  because  in  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  certificates  only  one  of  the  contributory  causes  may  be  shown. 
Each  definite  cause  of  death  as  compiled,  therefore,  represents  a 
minimum  number,  which  would  be  increased  if  deaths  from  such 
causes  that  were  not  properly  reported,  and  hence  were  classified 
under  various  ill-defined  titles,  could  be  included. 

Principal  Causes  of  Death}  —  Nearly  one-third  (31.7)  of  the  52,345 
deaths  reported  in  1919  were  caused  by  organic  heart  disease*  (in- 
cluding pericarditis),  pneumonia  (including  broncho-pneumonia),  and 
tuberculosis  in  all  forms.  These  diseases,  together  with  apoplexy,* 
cancer,  Bright's  disease,*  and  nephritis,  external  causes,  influenza, 
malformations*  and  the  diseases  of  early  infancy,  caused  73.3  per 
cent  of  the  deaths  for  the  year. 

Pneumonia  (including  broncho-pneumonia)  caused  5,280  deaths  in 
1919,  or  137.7  per  100,000  population.  It  was  responsible  for  14,626 
deaths,  or  374.3  per  100,000  population,  in  1918,  as  compared  with 
163.8  in  1917,  173.9  in  1916,  174.6  in  1915,  and  164.3  in  1914. 

Influenza  caused  2,872  deaths  in  1919,  or  74.9  per  100,000  popu- 
lation as  compared  with  352.7  in  1918. 

The  deaths  from  heart  diseases'^  (organic  diseases  of  the  heart*  and 
endocarditis*)  in  1919  numbered  6,445,  or  12.3  per  cent  of  all  deaths, 
or  168  per  100,000  population.  In  1918  deaths  from  this  cause  in- 
creased 10.5  per  cent  over  1917,  while  the  death  rate  per  100,000 
population  increased  to  205.4  for  1917,  or  8.5  per  cent  over  the  rate 
of  189.4  in  1916,  and  53.6  per  cent  ov^er  the  average  rate  (133.7) 
for  the  five  years  from  1911  to  1915. 

Tuberculosis  in  its  various  forms  claimed  4,920  victims  in  1919, 
of  whom  4,145  died  from  tuberculosis  of  the  lungs.*  Deaths  due  to 
the  latter  cause  constituted  7.9  per  cent  of  all  deaths  during  the 
year,  as  compared  with  8.1  per  cent  for  the  five  years  1912  to  1916. 
In  the  six  years  from  1910  to  1915  the  death  rate  from  tuberculosis 
of  the  lungs*  fell  from  133.2  to  116  per  100,000  population,  a  drop 
of  17.2  per  cent,  the  decline  being  continuous  from  year  to  year. 
In  1917,  however,  there  was  an  increase  in  the  death  rate  to  121.1, 
and  130  in  1918,  but  in  1919  there  was  a  decline  to  108.1. 

1  In  this  report  an  asterisk  (*)  has  been  used  in  the  text  and  tables  to  denote  those  certified  causes  of 
death  which  the  committee,  after  careful  consideration,  reported  were  acceptable  statements  of  causea 
of  death  without  autopsy. 


100         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

Apoplexy"^  was  the  cause  of  4,258  deaths,  or  111  per  100,000  pop- 
ulation. The  death  rate  from  this  disease  has  fluctuated  somewhat 
from  98.1  in  1911,  101.1  in  1912,  97.8  in  1913,  72.9  in  1914,  94.3  in 
1915,  93  in  1916,  103.9  in  1917,  and  105.7  in  1918. 

Next  in  order  of  deadliness  come  cancer  and  other  malignant  tumors, 
which  caused  4,112  deaths  in  1919,  corresponding  to  a  death  rate 
of  107.2,  as  compared  with  104.9  in  1918.  Of  the  deaths  from  cancer, 
35.3  per  cent  resulted  from  cancers  of  the  stomach  and  liver.  The 
death  rate  from  cancer  has  risen  from  89.9  in  1910  to  107.2  in  1919. 
The  increase  has  been  continuous.  It  is  possible  that  at  least  a 
part  of  this  increase  is  due  to  more  correct  diagnosis  and  greater 
care  on  the  part  of  physicians  in  making  reports. 

Brighfs  disease*  and  nephritis  were  the  causes  of  3,672  deaths  in 
1919,  corresponding  to  a  rate  of  95.7  per  100,000  population,  as  com- 
pared with  101  in  1918,  and  an  average  rate  of  92.8  for  the  five  years 
from  1913  to  1917.  There  were  3,368  deaths  caused  by  Bright's 
disease*  and  304  by  acute  nephritis. 

Congenital  dehility*  and  mal formations'^  caused  2,775  deaths  in 
1919,  corresponding  to  a  rate  of  72.3  per  100,000  population.  The 
death  rates  from  these  causes  have  shown  a  steady  decline  from  109.2 
in  1910  (with  the  exception  of  1912,  114.2). 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis*  caused  1,863  deaths  in  1919,  or  48.6  per 
100,000  population.  With  the  exception  of  1918  this  rate  has  shown 
a  marked  decline.  Eighty  and  one-tenth  per  cent  of  the  total  num- 
ber of  deaths  charged  to  these  causes  in  1919  were  of  infants  under 
2  years  of  age.*  The  rates  for  this  cause  have  declined  steadily 
from  110.9  in  1910  to  95  in  1911,  90.5  in  1912,  82.7  in  1913,  78  in 
1914,  68.7  in  1915,  63.3  in  1916,  —  a  drop  of  42.9  per  cent  in  seven 
years,  but  increased  to  65.1  in  1917,  and  82  in  1918.  The  decline 
is  due  largely  to  the  successful  campaigns  waged  against  infant 
mortality. 

The  fatal  cases  of  diphtheria  and  croup*  —  which  are  classed  to- 
gether in  the  statistics,  but  practically  all  of  which  are  of  diphtheria 
—  numbered  593,  or  15.5  per  100,000  population  in  1919,  as  com- 
pared with  15.6  in  1918,  21.8  in  1917,  16.7  in  1916,  19.5  in  1915, 
17.9  in  1914,  17.6  in  1913,  13.5  in  1912,  16.4  in  1911,  and  20.1  in 
1910. 

The  mortality  from  typhoid  fever*  has  shown  a  steady  decline 
since  1910,  having  dropped  from  12.2  in  that  year  to  2.8  in  1919. 


No.  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  101 

This  decline  is  greater,  relatively,  than  that  shown  for  any  other 
important  cause  of  death.  The  total  number  of  deaths  due  to  ty- 
phoid fever  in  1919  was  107,  as  compared  with  160  in  1918,  178  in 

1917,  172  in  1916,  246  in  1915,  268  in  1914,  280  in  1913,  269  in  1912, 
302  in  1911,  and  411  in  1910.  This  showing  is  a  striking  example 
of  the  efficacy  of  preventive  measures  and  improved  methods  of 
sanitation. 

The  principal  epidemic  maladies  of  childhood  —  ichooiying  cough,'^ 
measles  *  and  scarlet  fever*  —  were  together  responsible  for  628  deaths 
of  both  adults  and  children,  or  16.4  per  100,000  population  in  1919, 
the  rates  for  the  three  diseases  separately  being  8.4,  4.8,  and  3.2,  re- 
spectively. The  mortality  rates  for  all  three  of  these  diseases  have 
changed  greatly  from  year  to  year. 

Death  rates  from  violence  during  the  past  ten  years  per  100,000 
population  were  83.6  in  1910,  99.2  in  1911,  88.2  in  1912,  90.1  in 
1913,  84.3  in  1914,  86.8  in  1915,  90.1  in  1916,  93.3  in  1917,  88.1  in 

1918,  and  84.5  in  1919. 

Deaths  due  to  railroad  accidents  a7id  injuries*  totaled  171  in  1919, 
or  4.5  per  100,000  population.  The  rates  for  previous  years  were 
6.1  in  1918,  6.7  in  1917,  7.5  in  1916,  7.1  in  1915,  6.9  in  1914,  9.5  in 
1913,  and  10.1  in  1912. 

Deaths  resulting  from  sfreet  car  accidents  a7id  injuries*  numbered 
73,  or  1.9  per  100,000  population. 

Automobile  accidents  and  injuries*  caused  532  deaths  in  1919,  or 
13.9  per  100,000  population.  There  has  been  an  increase  in  this 
rate  from  year  to  year,  —  4.6  in  1913,  5.3  in  1914,  7.2  in  1915,  8.3 
in  1916,  10.8  in  1917,  and  12.7  in  1918.  No  accurate  data  are  avail- 
able for  measuring  the  death  rate  per  number  of  automobiles  in  use, 
as  the  statistics  compiled  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works  show 
the  number  of  machines  registered,  and  thus  contain  duplications, 
since  one  machine  may  be  registered  more  than  once  in  a  calendar 
year.  It  is  probable,  however,  that  the  increase  has  not  been  so 
rapid  as  that  of  the  number  of  machines  in  use. 

Deaths  caused  by  machinery  accidents*  in  1919  numbered  52,  or 
1.4  per  100,000  population.  The  corresponding  figures  for  previous 
years  were  2.3  in  1912,  2.3  in  1913,  1.9  in  1914,  1.9  in  1915,  2.1  in 
1916,  2.4  in  1917,  and  2.7  in  1918. 

The  number  of  suicides*  reported  for  1919  were  445,  or  11.6  per 
100,000  population.     The  rates  since    1910   have   been:     1910,    13; 


102         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

1911,  13;  1912,  1913,  1914,  13.6  each;  1915,  13.9;  1916,  12.1;  1917, 
12.8  and  1918,  12.6. 

Deaths  caused  by  firearms  numbered  217  in  1919,  corresponding 
to  a  rate  of  5.7  per  100,000  population.  Of  these  deaths,  127  were 
suicides,*  54  were  homicides,  and  36  were  accidental  (including  those 
concerning  which  the  status  as  to  suicide,  homicide,  or  accident  was 
in  doubt). 

Deaths  from  homicide*  numbered  102  in  1919,  or  2.7  per  100,000 
population.  The  rates  for  homicides  in  recent  years  are  2.2  in  1910, 
2.5  in  1911,  2.6  in  1912,  3.1  in  1913,  2.9  in  1914,  3.1  in  1915,  3  in 
1916,  2.8  in  1917,  and  2.4  in  1918. 

The  causes  of  death  of  males  and  females  for  each  month  and  at 
seventeen  age  periods  for  the  Commonwealth  for  the  full  Inter- 
national List  of  Causes  of  Death  with  certain  subdivisions  are  shown 
in  Table  55,  on  pages  152  to  181.  In  Table  56,  on  pages  182  to  206, 
the  deaths  are  shown  for  48  causes  and  groups  of  causes  for  each 
municipality.  For  the  Commonwealth  as  a  whole  the  deaths  and 
death  rates  for  the  six  years  1914  to  1919  are  shown  for  the  38 
causes  and  groups  of  causes  in  the  Abridged  International  List  in 
Table  58,  on  pages  208  and  209.  The  relation  of  this  list  to  the  De- 
tailed International  List  is  shown  in  the  Appendix  on  pages  239  to 
244.  In  addition  to  the  above  presentations,  certain  other  tables 
showing  the  causes  of  deaths  are  presented  on  pages  210  to  212. 

D,     Maternal  Mortality, 

Each  death  at  childbirth  is  a  serious  loss  to  the  country.  The 
women  who  die  from  this  cause  are  lost  at  the  time  of  their  greatest 
usefulness  to  the  State  and  to  their  families,  and  they  give  their 
lives  in  carrying  out  a  function  which  must  be  regarded  as  the  most 
important  in  the  world. ^ 

In  1919  there  were  622  women  between  the  ages  of  15  and  49  who 
died  from  conditions  caused  by  childbirth;*  163  of  these  died  from 
childbed  fever,*  and  the  remaining  459  from  diseases*  now  known 
to  be  to  a  great  extent  preventable  or  curable  by  modern  scientific 
care. 

It  is  almost  inconceivable,  in  the  light  of  modern  knowledge,  that 
diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and  confinement  are  responsible  for 

1  Meigs,  Grace  L.,  M.D.,  Maternal  Mortality  from  All  Conditions  connected  with  Childbirth',  United 
States  Children's  Bureau,  Publication  No.  19,  1916,  page  9. 


No.  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  103 

so  many  deaths  among  women  15  to  49  years  of  age.  While  there 
has  been  a  marked  decrease  in  the  death  rates  from  all  other  pre- 
ventable diseases  in  recent  years,  there  has  been  no  appreciable  de- 
crease in  the  death  rates  from  diseases  due  to  pregnancy  and  from 
conditions  accompanying  labor.  In  fact,  not  only  has  the  death 
rate  from  diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and  childbirth  been  increas- 
ing (from  9.6  per  100,000  population  in  1901  to  16.2  in  1919),  but 
the  proportion  of  deaths  from  these  causes  to  the  total  number 
of  deaths  has  increased  from  .6  per  cent  in  1901  to  1.2  per  cent 
in  1919. 

These  figures  cannot  be  properly  appreciated  unless  we  present 
them  in  a  comparative  manner  with  the  death  rates  from  other  pre- 
ventable diseases.  For  instance,  in  1901  the  death  rate  from  dis- 
eases due  to  pregnancy  and  confinement  was  9.6  per  100,000  popu- 
lation, and  the  death  rate  from  puerperal  septicemia  or  childbed 
fever  was  2.  In  the  same  year  the  death  rate  from  typhoid  fever 
was  19.7  per  100,000,  and  the  death  rate  from  diphtheria  and 
croup  41.  In  1919  the  death  rate  from  diseases  due  to  pregnancy 
and  confinement  had  increased  to  16.2,  while  the  death  rate  from 
typhoid  fever  decreased  to  2.8,  and  the  death  rate  from  diphtheria 
and  croup  decreased  to  15.5.  In  the  light  of  modern  knowledge  of 
the  principles  of  antiseptic  surgery  and  its  application  to  obstetrical 
practice,  it  is  little  short  of  criminal  that  such  a  high  death  rate 
from  diseases  due  to  pregnancy  and  childbirth  should  continue. 

In  1919  there  were  among  women  15  to  49  years  of  age  888  deaths 
from  influenza;  499  deaths  from  pneumonia;  1,621  deaths  from 
tuberculosis  (all  forms);  622  deaths  from  the  diseases  of  pregnancy 
and  confinement;*  468  deaths  from  organic  diseases  of  the  heart;* 
569  deaths  from  cancer  and  other  malignant  tumors;  408  from  acute 
nephritis  and  Bright's  disease;*  193  from  violent  deaths  (suicide 
excepted);  207  from  cerebral  hemorrhage;*  138  from  noncancerous 
tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the  female  genital  organs.  Other  dis- 
eases show  far  fewer  deaths. 

The  death  rate  per  10,000  births  (living  and  dead)  gives  a  far 
clearer  picture  of  the  actual  risk  of  childbirth  than  do  any  of  the 
aforementioned  rates.  The  death  rate,  calculated  on  this  basis,  for 
all  diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and  confinement,  increased  from 
37  in  1901  to  68.4  in  1919.  The  death  rate  per  10,000  live  births 
increased  from  38  in  1901  to  70.8  in  1919. 


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MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


The  most  accurate  method  of  all  for  calculating  the  death  rates 
from  diseases  caused  by  pregnancy  and  confinement  is  the  number  of 
deaths  per  10,000  confinements,  including  stillbirths  and  making 
the  proper  deductions  for  plural  births,  or,  in  other  words,  the  num- 
ber of  deaths  per  10,000  women  at  risk.  The  death  rates  calculated 
on  this  basis  show,  with  slight  fluctuations,  a  general  increase  from 
37  in  1901  to  69.3  in  1919.  The  increase  in  the  annual  average 
death  rates,  calcula-ted  on  three-year  and  five-year  average,  is  shown 
in  the  following  tabular  statement :  — 


Years. 

Annual  average   death 
rate  from  diseases  of 
pregnancy   and   con- 
finement   per    10,000 
confinements     calcu- 
lated on  a  three-year 
average. 

Years. 

Annual  average  death 
rate  from  diseases  of 
pregnancy   and   con- 
finement   per    10,000 
confinements     calcu- 
lated on  a  five-year 
average. 

1901-03, 
1904-06. 
1907-09, 
1910-12, 
1913-15. 
1916-18. 
1919, 

38 
42 
45 
49 
51 
67 
69 

1901-05 

1906-10 

1911-15 

1916-19 

40 
44 
51 
67 

E.  Deaths  investigated  by  Medical  Examiners. 
Source  of  Data.  —  The  statistics  of  deaths  investigated  by  medical 
examiners  published  in  this  report  are  based  upon  annual  returns 
made  by  medical  examiners  and  associate  medical  examiners  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  of  abstracts  of  the  records  of  deaths 
supposably  due  to  injury,  the  cause  and  manner  of  which  have  been 
investigated  during  the  year.^  Deaths  supposedly  due  to  injury 
include  not  only  deaths  caused  directly  or  indirectly  by  traumatism 
(including  resulting  septicemia),  and  by  the  action  of  chemical 
(drugs  or  poisons),  thermal,  or  electrical  agents,  and  deaths  follow- 
ing abortion,  but  also  deaths  from  disease  resulting  from  injury 
or  infection  related  to  occupation,  the  sudden  deaths  of  persons 
not  disabled  by  recognized  disease,  and  those  of  persons  found 
dead. 


1  The  law  providing  for  annual  returns  of  medical  examiners,  passed  in  1885,  is  contained  in  General 
Laws,  chapter  38,  sections  20  and  22. 


No.  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  105 

Medical  examiners  are  often,  called  upon  to  view  cases  in  which 
the  death  was  not  due  to  violence  (heart  disease,  apoplexy,  etc.), 
but  where  the  death  was  simply  sudden,  or  where  no  physician  had 
been  in  recent  attendance.  Medical  examiners  are  also  required  to 
certify  that  they  have  viewed  bodies  to  be  cremated,  and  to  make 
personal  inquiry  into  the  cause  and  manner  of  death. 

Discrepancies  will  be  found  in  comparing  deaths  based  upon  the 
returns  to  city  and  town  clerks  and  those  based  upon  the  returns  of 
medical  examiners.  The  causes  of  death  shown  in  the  returns  of 
the  medical  examiners  are  the  more  accurate,  because  the  question 
of  homicide,  suicide,  or  accident  is  often  not  determined  until  after 
the  certificate  of  death  has  been  filed  with  the  local  official  author- 
ized to  issue  burial  permits. 

Number  of  Deaths  mvestigated.  —  The  number  of  deaths  investi- 
gated by  the  medical  examiners  in  1919  was  6,183,  or  11.8  per  cent 
of  the  total  number  of  deaths  which  occurred  during  the  year,  as 
compared  with  7,227  deaths  in  1918,  or  9.2  per  cent  of  the  total 
number  of  deaths.^  Nearly  two-thirds  (64.4  per  cent)  of  these  deaths 
were  of  males.  Of  the  deaths  investigated  by  medical  examiners, 
2,854,  or  46  per  cent,  were  reported  as  due  to  violence,  while  among 
the  deaths  returned  to  the  registrars  3,106  were  reported  as  due  to 
violence. 

The  largest  number  of  cases  investigated  by  medical  examiners  in 
1919  was  in  Suffolk  County,  —  1,867,  as  compared  with  2,153  in 
1918.  Of  the  deaths  investigated  in  Suffolk  County,  866,  or  46.4 
per  cent,  were  reported  as  due  to  violence.  (See  Table  64,  pages 
214  and  215.) 

Autopsies.  —  Autopsies  were  made  in  486,  or  7.8  per  cent  of 
the  cases  investigated  by  the  medical  examiners  in  1919,  as  com- 
pared with  7.7  per  cent  in  1918  and  8.6  in  1917. 

The  highest  proportion  of  autopsies  was  in  Suffolk  County,  where 
16.8  per  cent  of  the  views  were  autopsied,  as  compared  with  17.6 
per  cent  in  1918.  Table  66,  on  pages  222  and  223,  shows  the  number 
of  views  and  the  number  of  autopsies  in  each  county  in  each  year 
from  1910  to  1919,  and  the  number  and  per  cent  of  views  autopsied 
for  the  ten-year  period  1910  to  1919. 

1  There  were  3,092  stillbirths  registered  as  births  in  1919,  3,779  in  1918,  3,324  in  1917,  and  3.300  in  1916. 
The  number  of  stillbirths  viewed  by  medical  examiners  was  108  in  1919,  118  in  1918,  123  in  1917,  and  104  in 
1916. 


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MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Cause  of  Death.  —  Nearly  one-half  (47.3  per  cent)  of  the  deaths 
viewed  by  medical  examiners  in  1919  were  due  to  natural  causes, 
52.1  per  cent  of  the  deaths  were  from  causes  not  due  to  violence, 
46  per  cent  were  due  to  violence,  and  3  per  cent  were  from  unknow^n 
or  ill-defined  causes. 

Deaths  from  causes  not  due  to  violence  numbered  3,221,  of  which 
2,929  were  from   natural   causes   and   106  were  due  to  alcoholism. 

Deaths  due  to  violence  numbered  2,854,  of  which  2,301  were 
due  to  accident  or  negligence,  449  were  suicides,  and  104  were 
homicides. 

Of  the  2,301  deaths  due  to  accident  or  neghgence,  481  were  due 
to  falls  and  blows,  503  were  due  to  automobile  accidents,  268  re- 
sulted from  drowning,  and  171  were  due  to  railroad  accidents. 

The  increase  in  the  number  of  deaths  due  to  automobile  accidents 
in  1919  over  previous  years  is  shown  in  the  following  table:  — 


Yeabs. 

Deaths 

from  automobile 

accidents. 

Years. 

Deaths 

from  automobile 

accidents. 

1910 

66 

1915,    

260 

1911,     

97 

1916,    

298 

1912.     

129 

1917 

380 

1913,     .         .      •  . 

152 

1918 

475 

1914,     

166 

1919 

503 

Suicides  numbered  449,  or  15.7  per  cent  of  the  deaths  due  to  vio- 
lence. Suicides  committed  with  firearms  (121)  and  by  the  use  of 
illuminating  and  other  gases  (128)  constituted  over  one-half  (55.5 
per  cent)  of  the  total  number.  Other  methods  were:  by  poisons  (39), 
by  hanging  or  strangulation  (58),  and  by  drowning  (52).  Nearly 
two-thirds  (65.5  per  cent)  of  the  suicides  were  males. 

Of  the  449  persons  committing  suicide,  94  were  40  to  49  years  of 
age,  83  were  50  to  59  years  of  age,  85  were  30  to  39  years  of  age, 
66  were  20  to  29  years  of  age,  95  were  over  60  years  of  age,  17  were 
under  20  years  of  age.  Among  the  male  suicides  the  largest  num- 
bers were  from  40  to  49  years  of  age  (63)  and  from  50  to  59  years 
(57),  while  among  the  female  suicides  the  largest  numbers  were  from 
40  to  49  vears  of  age  (31)  and  from  30  to  39  years  (30).    Among  the 


No.  1.]  MORTALITY  STATISTICS.  107 

males  the  most  common  method  of  committing  suicide  was  by  the 
use  of  firearms  (110,  or  37.4  per  cent),  while  among  the  females 
the  most  common  method  was  by  illuminating  or  other  gases  (66,  or 
42.6  per  cent). 

Homicides  numbered  104,  of  which  47  were  by  firearms,  24  were 
by  falls  or  blows,  14  were  cases  of  infanticide.  Of  the  104  homicides, 
80,  or  76.8  per  cent,  were  of  males. 


108 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


STATISTICAL  TABLES. 

A.     Genehal  Mortality. 


1  Cities  are  printed  in  small  capitals. 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 

3  The  rates  shown  in  this  column  are  based  on  the  total  population,  and  make  no  allowance  for 
differences  in  the  sex  and  age  distribution  of  the  population.    The  rates  for  certain  localities  are  materially 

affected  by  deaths  of  nonresidents  who  may  be  attracted  to  those  localities  by  their  superior  hospital 
facilities,  or  who  may  resort  to  certain  localities  for  treatment  of  tuberculosis,  mental  defects,  or  other 
diseases.    The  death  rate,  both  including  and  excluding  non-residents,  is  shown. 

*  Estimated  population  (as  of  July  1,  1919)  of  the  State  and  counties  and  of  municipalities  having  over 
15,000  inhabitants  are  printed  in  Table  1  on  pages  15  to  21. 

5  26  nonresidents. 


No.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


109 


Table  34 

Deaths,  2  by  Sex  and 

Nativity,  and  Death  R 
AND  City:  1919. 

ates  in 

Each  County 

DEATH   rates 

1 

Total 
num-    ] 
ber. 

sex. 

nativity 

PER   1,000 

population.  « 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

1 
Un- 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

In-          Ex- 
cluding eluding 
non-    I    non- 
resi-    1    resi- 

dents. '  dents. 

Barre 

Becket,    .... 
Bedford, 
Belchertown,  . 
Bellingham,    . 

34 
5 
19 
36 
23 

13 
4 
11 
18 
13 

21 
1 
8 

18 
10 

- 

28 
5 
15 
34 
15 

6 

3 

2 
8 

1 

- 

; 

Belmont, 

Berkley, 

Berhn,     .... 

Bernard  ston,  . 

Beverly, 

98 

12 

10 

9     ' 

2415  1 

40 

6 

5 

6 

117 

58 

6 

5 

3 

124 

78 

11 

7 

9 

181 

20 

1 
3 

60 

- 

10.7 

9T6 

Billerica, 
Blackstone,     . 
Blandford,       . 

Bolton 

Boston, 

60    i 
42 

9   : 

13 
11,673« 

33 
23 

4 

8 

5,958 

27 

19 

5 

5 

5,715 

- 

- 

51 
33 

8 

12 

7,354 

7 
9 
1 
1 
4,229 

2 
90 

15.6 

13.1 

Bourne,  .... 

Box  borough,   . 

Boxford, 

Boylston, 

Braintree, 

33 

1 

9 

9 

128 

12 
1 
4 
6 

63 

21 

5 

3 

65 

_ 

28 
1 
7 
5 

95 

5 

2 

4 

32 

1 

- 

- 

Brewster, 
Bridgewater,  . 
Brimfield,        .         .    *    . 
Brocktox,     . 
Brookfield,      . 

7 
165  7 

12 
734  s 

33 

4 

123 

6 

379 

14 

3 

42 

6 

355 

19 

- 

6 

93 

11 

543 

25 

1 

70 

1 

191 

8 

2 

: 

11.1 

10.2 

Brookline, 
Buckland, 
Burlington,     . 
Cambridge,   . 
Canton,  .... 

414 

2.5 

14 

1,468* 

73 

175 
14 

8 
717 
42 

239 
11 
6 

751 
31 

- 

296 
15 
9 

921 
54 

115 
10 
5 

539 
19 

3 

8 

11.1 
13.4 

10.6 

Carlisle,  .... 
Carver,    .... 
Charlemont,   . 
Charlton, 
Chatham, 

10 
12 
6 
38 
34 

6 

4 

1 

26 

10 

4 
8 
5 
12 
24 

- 

8 
10 

6 
27 
30 

2 

2 

10 
4 

- 
1 

- 

- 

Chelmsford,    . 

Chelsea, 

Cheshire, 

Chester,  .... 

Chesterfield,  . 

74 
68710 
16 
13 
6 

36 

452 

8 

10 

1 

38 

235 

8 

3 

5 

- 

55 

438 

13 

10 

5 

19 

246 

3 

2 

1 

3 
1 

15.9 

11.6 

Chicopee, 
Chilmark, 
Clarksburg,    . 
Clinton,  .... 
Cohasset, 

384" 
3 

14 
171 

26 

211 

3 

6 

87 

12 

173 

8 
84 
14 

- 

243 
3 

13 
115 

18 

141 

1 

56 

8 

- 

10.8 

10.5 

Colrain 

Concord, 

Conway, 

Cummington, 

Dalton,   .... 

13 

107 

10 

4 

39 

6 

44 

6 

3 
19 

7 
63 
4 

1 
20 

_ 

8 
75 
9 
4 
34 

5 
32 

1 

5 

- 

- 

- 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 


5  23  nonresidents. 

6  1,896  nonresidents. 
'  97  nonresidents. 

s  64  nonresidents. 


3  301  nonresidents. 

10  184  nonresidents. 

11  11  nonresidents. 


no         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  34 


Municipalities.! 


Dana, 
Dan  vers, 
Dartmouth, 
Dedham, 
Deer6eld, 

Dennis,  . 
Dighton, 
Douglas, 
Dover,  . 
Dracut,  . 

Dudley,  . 

Dunstable, 

Duxbury, 

East  Bridgewater, 

East  Longmeadow 


Eastham, 
Easthampton 
Easton,  . 
Edgartown, 
Egremont, 

Enfield,  . 
Erving,  . 
Essex,  . 
Everett, 
Fairhaven, 

Fall  River, 
Falmouth, 

FiTCHBURG, 

Florida,  . 
Fox  borough, 

Framingham, 
Franklin, 
Freetown, 
Gardner, 
Gay  Head, 

Georgetown, 
Gill, 

Gloucester, 
Goshen,  . 
Gosnold, 

Grafton, 
Granby, 
Granville, 
Great  Barringti 
Greenfield, 

Greenwich, 
Groton,  . 
Groveland, 
Hadley,  . 
Halifax,  . 


Deaths,  =  by  Sex  and  Nativity,  and  Death  Rates  in  Each  County 
AND  City:  1919. 


Total 
num- 
ber. 


7 

3 

3435 

152 

79 

42 

90 

41 

24 

15 

40 

22 

4.5 

19 

16 

7 

5 

3 

62 

33 

45 

32 

9 

6 

19 

8 

46 

23 

29 

13 

7 

6 

121 

62 

51 

29 

17 

7 

11 

7 

9 

4 

13 

8 

20 

9 

386' 

182 

82 

38 

1,730- 

858 

52 

27 

456^ 

238 

2 

1 

86 » 

49 

258 

126 

70 

32 

12 

8 

21610 

129 

2 

1 

33 

19 

8 

2 

319" 

161 

1 

1 

1 

- 

112  12 

46 

12 

3 

5 

5 

82 

34 

184 

94 

8 

2 

38 

17 

21 

9 

29 

16 

7 

5 

Male. 


Fe- 
male. 


4 
191 
37 


1 
59 
22 
10 

4 

5 
5 

11 
204 

44 

872 
25 

218 

1 

37 

132 

38 
4 

87 

1 

14 

6 

156 


66 


48 


Un- 
known 


Native. 


For- 
eign. 


7 

234 

60 

65 

17 

37 
34 
13 
2 
34 

29 
9 
16 
35 
19 

7 
92 
33 
13 
11 


7 

17 

254 

57 

1,067 

45 

275 

1 

53 

194 
39 
10 

158 
2 


26 


215 
1 


76 
9 
5 

70 
152 

6 
32 
16 
24 

5 


2 
131 
25 

658 
6 

179 

1 

30 

63 

30 

2 

58 


7 

2 

102 


Un- 
known 


DEATH   RATE  3 

PER   1,000 
POPULATION.  < 


In- 
cluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 


Ex- 
cluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 


30.9 


9.6 

14.3 
11.1 

15.2 
12.8 

13.8 


11.7 


9.2 

13.9 
10.6 


10.0 


13.0 


See  footnotes  1-4, 
5  213  nonresidents. 
8  21  nonresidents. 
"  48  nonresidents. 
8  23  nonresidents. 


on  page 


9  38  nonresidents. 

10  47  nonresidents. 

11  19  nonresidents. 

12  45  nonresidents. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


Ill 


Table  34 

Deaths,  2  bt  S 

EX  AND  Nativity,  and  Death  Rates  in 
AND  City:   1919. 

Each  County 

death  rate' 

sex. 

nativity 

PER  1,000 

Municipalities,  i 

Total 
num- 

POPULATION.* 

In-          Ex- 

ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

Un- 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

Hamilton. 

14 

7 

7 

_ 

12 

2 

_ 

_ 

- 

Hampden, 

16 

5 

11 

- 

13 

2 

1 

- 

- 

Hancock, 

5 

3 

2 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Hanover, 

29 

14 

15 

- 

25 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Hanson, 

36 

17 

19 

- 

30 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Hardwick, 

23 

10 

13 

_ 

15 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Harvard, 

5S 

52 

6 

- 

40 

13 

5 

- 

- 

Harwich, 

36 

19 

17 

- 

34 

1 

1 

- 

- 

Hatfield, 

19 

9 

10 

_ 

9 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Haverhill,    . 

7045 

330 

374 

- 

528 

172 

4 

13.2 

12.4 

Hawley, 

7 

3 

4 

- 

7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Heath 

4 

2 

2 

- 

3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Hingham, 

73 

32 

41 

- 

56 

17 

- 

- 

- 

Hinsdale, 

16 

6 

10 

- 

10 

5 

1 

- 

- 

Holbrook,        . 

54 

23 

31 

- 

45 

9 

- 

- 

- 

Holden 

41 

22 

19 

_ 

31 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Holland, 

1 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Holliston, 

28 

17 

11 

- 

22 

6 

- 

- 

- 

HOLYOKE, 

838 « 

416 

422 

- 

503 

332 

3 

13.9 

12.2 

Hopedale, 

36 

19 

17 

- 

29 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Hopkinton,     . 

27 

15 

12 

- 

19 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Hubbardston, 

14 

8 

6 

- 

13 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Hudson, 

73 

41 

32 

- 

54 

18 

- 

- 

- 

Hull 

30 

16 

14 

- 

20 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Huntington,  . 

22 

14 

8 

- 

18 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Ipswich, 

78 

43 

35 

_ 

62 

16 

- 

- 

- 

Kingston, 

32 

22 

10 

- 

23 

8 

1 

- 

- 

Lakeville, 

139^ 

92 

47 

- 

77 

62 

- 

- 

- 

Lancaster, 

18 

11 

- 

13 

4 

1 

- 

- 

Lanes  borough, 

8 

3 

5 

- 

5 

3 

- 

~ 

~ 

Lawrence,     . 

1,2805 

670 

610 

_ 

726 

547 

7 

13  6 

12.9 

Lee 

47 

23 

24 

- 

37 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Leicester, 

39 

16 

23 

- 

29 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Lenox 

34 

17 

17 

- 

23 

11 

- 

- 

- 

Leominster, 

2349 

121 

113 

- 

178 

56 

- 

12.0 

11.7 

Leveret  t, 

13 

5 

8 

_ 

12 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Lexington, 

71 

35 

36 

- 

53 

18 

- 

- 

- 

Leyden 

5 

1 

4 

- 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Lincoln 

6 

3 

3 

— 

4 

2 

— 

■  — 

— 

Littleton, 

19 

4 

15 

- 

16 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Longmeadow, 

19 

7 

12 

- 

18 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Lowell, 

1,708  10 

833 

875 

- 

1,093 

606 

9 

15.2 

14.8 

Ludlow, 

110 

53 

57 

- 

87 

23 

- 

- 

- 

Lunenburg,     . 

28 

9 

19 

- 

26 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Lynn 

1,215  11 

601 

614 

- 

859 

351 

5 

12.3 

11.6 

Lynnfield, 

14 

6 

8 

_ 

11 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Malden, 

56612 

283 

283 

- 

385 

180 

1 

11  5 

10.2 

Manchester,    . 

34 

21 

13 

- 

26 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Mansfield, 

53 

24 

29 

- 

40 

12 

1 

- 

- 

Marblehead,    . 

90 

43 

47 

~ 

79 

11 

" 

" 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 

5  42  nonresidents.  ^  5  nonresidents. 

6  104  nonresidents.  i"  52  nonresidents. 

7  122  nonresidents.  n  73  nonresidents. 

8  69  nonresidents.  i^  66  nonresidents. 


112         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  34 

Deaths,  •  by  Sex  and  Nativity,  and  Death  Rates  in  Each  County 
AND  City:  1919. 

1 

DEATH  RATE  3 

SEX. 

nativity.              ! 

PER   1,000 

Municipalities.! 

Total 
num- 

population. 4 

In-     !     Ex- 

ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

Un. 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

cluding  eluding 
non-        non- 
resi-        resi- 
dents,    dents. 

Marion,  .... 

12 

7 

5 

_ 

10 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Marlborough, 

1905 

100 

90 

- 

138 

51 

1 

12.6 

11.4 

Marshfield, 

21 

12 

9 

- 

15 

6 

_ 

Mashpee, 

3 

1 

2 

- 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Mattapoisett, 

20 

11 

9 

- 

17 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Maynard, 

63 

27 

36 

_ 

36 

27 

- 

- 

- 

Medfield, 

87« 

26 

61 

- 

48 

39 

- 

- 

- 

Medford, 

407' 

162 

245 

_ 

270 

134 

3 

10-7 

9.5 

Med  way, 

18 

10 

8 

- 

6 

12 

Melrose, 

2158 

102 

113 

- 

183 

32 

- 

11.9 

10.2 

Mendon, 

14 

7 

7 

_ 

12 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Merrimac, 

33 

18 

15 

- 

26 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Methuen, 

1989  ; 

80 

118 

- 

106 

91 

1 

13.1 

11.5 

Middleborough, 

111 

58 

53 

- 

96 

15 

- 

- 

Middlefield,    . 

3 

2 

1 

- 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Middleton, 

17 

11 

6 

_ 

13 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Milford,  .... 

215 

105 

110 

_ 

144 

71 

- 

_ 

- 

Mill  bury. 

55 

29 

26 

- 

34 

21 

- 

- 

- 

Millis 

14 

8 

6 

_ 

11 

3 

— 

— 

— 

Millville, 

23 

11 

12 

- 

15 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Milton,    .... 

71 

32 

39 

_ 

58 

13 

_ 

_ 

Monroe 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Monson, 

iin" 

64 

47 

- 

88 

23 

- 

- 

- 

Montague, 

105 

61 

44 

_ 

69 

36 

- 

- 

- 

Monterey, 

6 

1 

5 

- 

5 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Montgomery, 

3 

1 

2 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Mount  Washington, 

- 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Nahant, 

22 

11 

11 

- 

17 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Nantucket,     . 

58 

34 

24 

- 

53 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Natick,   .... 

134 

56 

78 

- 

90 

43 

1 

- 

- 

Needham, 

71 

27 

44 

- 

56 

15 

_ 

- 

- 

New  Ashford, 

2 

1 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

New  Bedford, 

1,626  11 

836 

790 

- 

1,056 

562 

8 

13.6 

13.0 

New  Braintree, 

5 

2 

3 

- 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

New  Marlborough, 

10 

7 

3 

- 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

New  Salem,    . 

12 

7 

5 

_ 

12 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Newbury, 

18 

7 

11 

- 

16 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Newburyport, 

27012 

139 

131 

_ 

220 

48 

2 

17. a 

14.8 

Newton, 

495  13 

229 

266 

- 

357 

137 

1 

10.8 

9.4 

Norfolk, 

13 

10 

3 

- 

8 

5 

- 

- 

- 

North  Ad.^^ms, 

3118 

149 

162 

_ 

212 

98 

1 

14.0 

12.6 

North  Andover,     . 

64 

23 

41 

- 

35 

28 

1 

- 

North  Attleborough, 

117 

56 

61 

83 

34 

- 

- 

- 

North  Brookfield,  . 

51 

26 

25 

_ 

37 

13 

1 

- 

- 

North  Reading, 

7114 

49 

22 

- 

37 

34 

- 

- 

Northampton, 

419  15 

214 

205 

_ 

270 

149 

_ 

19.1 

10.4 

Northborough, 

28 

11 

17 

- 

24 

4 

- 

Northbridge,  . 

120 

67 

53 

- 

68 

51 

1 

- 

- 

Northfield,      . 

20 

6 

14 

- 

18 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Norton,  .... 

25 

16 

9 

- 

21 

4 

- 

- 

~ 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 

5  19  nonresidents.  n  66  nonresidents. 

6  68  nonresidents.  i^  39  nonresidents. 
'  46  nonresidents.  *                   i^  63  nonresidents. 

8  31  nonresidents.  "  60  nonresidents. 

9  24  nonresidents.  "  191  nonresidents. 
10  73  nonresidents. 


No.  1.] 


]\IORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


113 


Table  34 

Deaths,  2  by  Sex  and  Nativity,  and  Death  R 
AND  City:   1919. 

ates  in 

Each  County 

death   rate  3 

sex. 

nativity 

PER    1,000 

Municipalities.! 

Total 
num- 

popul.\tion.4 

In- 

Ex- 

ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

Un- 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

Norwell, 

25 

12 

13 

18 

6 

1 

Norwood, 

153 

70 

83 

- 

103 

50 

_ 

_ 

Oak  Bluffs,      . 

24 

13 

11 

- 

02 

2 

- 

_ 

_ 

Oakham, 

11 

6 

5 

- 

^7 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

Orange,   .... 

70 

32 

38 

- 

59 

10 

1 

- 

- 

Orleans,  .... 

19 

10 

9 

_ 

16 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Otis,        .... 

15 

15 

_ 

_ 

13 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Oxford,    .... 

48 

23 

25 

- 

35 

13 

- 

_ 

_ 

Palmer,  .... 

135 

82 

53 

- 

89 

44 

2 

- 

_ 

Paxton,  .... 

15 

10 

5 

- 

11 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Pe.\body, 

2355 

141 

94 

_ 

153 

82 

_ 

12.1 

11.2 

Pelham,  .... 

5 

5 

- 

- 

2 

3 

_ 

Pembroke, 

16 

11 

5 

- 

14 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Pepper  ell. 

44 

22 

22 

-  1 

28 

15 

1 

- 

- 

Peru, 

1 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Petersham,      . 

9 

5 

4 

_ 

9 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Phillipston,     . 

5 

4 

1 

- 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

PlTTSFIELD,      . 

5596 

286 

273 

-  ; 

425 

131 

3 

13.5 

11.5 

Plainfield, 

3 

3 

- 

- 

3 

Plainville, 

19 

10 

9 

- 

12 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Plymouth, 

154 

-70 

84 

_  j 

116 

38 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Plympton, 

6 

2 

4 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

Pre.scott, 

5 

2 

3 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Princeton, 

13 

8 

5 

- 

11 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Provincetown, 

74 

37 

37 

- 

46 

28 

- 

- 

- 

QUINCY,  .... 

4537 

244 

209 

_ 

279 

170 

4 

9.6 

90 

Randolph, 

63 

33 

30 

- 

48 

15 

- 

Raynham, 

23 

16 

7 

- 

18 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Reading, 

73 

36 

37 

- 

55 

17 

1 

- 

- 

Rehobcth,       . 

31 

17 

14 

- 

24 

6 

1 

- 

- 

Revere, 

2168 

104 

112 

_ 

137 

79 

_ 

7.5 

7.2 

Richmond, 

13 

10 

3 

- 

10 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Rochester, 

12 

5 

7 

- 

11 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Rockland, 

103 

46 

57 

- 

80 

23 

- 

- 

- 

Rockport, 

44 

25 

19 

- 

30 

14 

- 

- 

- 

Rowe,      .... 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Rowley,  .... 

24 

9 

15 

- 

22 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Royalston, 

10 

9 

1 

- 

10 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Russell,  .... 

7 

5 

2 

- 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Rutland, 

663 

41 

25 

- 

49 

16 

1 

- 

- 

Salem,    .... 

59910 

299 

300 

_ 

402 

197 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Salisbury, 

33 

16 

16 

1 

27 

5 

1 

- 

- 

Sandisfield, 

6 

4 

2 

- 

"5 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Sandwich, 

28 

10 

18 

_ 

25 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Saugus,  .... 

113 

55 

58 

- 

90 

23 

- 

- 

- 

Savoy 

4 

3 

1 

_ 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

Scituate, 

24 

11 

12 

1 

21 

2 

1 

- 

- 

Seekonk, 

34 

19 

15 

- 

28 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Sharon,   .... 

27 

8 

19 

_ 

21 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Sheffield, 

21 

14 

7 

~ 

19 

2 

~ 

~ 

~ 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 


18  nonresidents. 
82  nonresidents. 
30  nonresidents. 


8  11  nonresidents. 

9  54  nonresidents. 
10  51  nonresidents. 


114         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  34 

Deaths,-  by  S 

-X  AND  Nativity,  and  Death  Rates  in  Each  County 
AND  City:   1919. 

DEATH   RATES 

SEX. 

nativity. 

PER   1,000 

Municipalities,  i 

Total 
num- 

POPULATION.* 

1 

In- 

Ex- 

ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

Un- 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

known. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

Shelburne, 

17 

9 

8 

14 

3 

i 

Sherborn, 

29 

10 

19 

- 

26 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Shirley,  .... 

22 

6 

16 

- 

17 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Shrewsbury,   . 

37 

17 

20 

- 

31 

6 

~ 

- 

- 

Shutesbury,    . 

3 

2 

1 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Somerset, 

37 

21 

16 

_ 

24 

13 

_ 

_ 

_ 

SOMERVILLE,   . 

1,0745 

501 

573 

- 

711 

361 

2 

11.6 

11.0 

South  Hadley, 

51 

22 

29 

- 

37 

14 

Southampton, 

11 

6 

5 

- 

9 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Southborough, 

23 

5 

18 

- 

16 

7 

- 

- 

- 

Southbridge,  . 

199 

67 

55 

- 

85 

37 

- 

- 

- 

Southwick, 

1 

1 

6 

— 

7 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Spencer, 

89 

47 

42 

- 

59 

30 

- 

- 

- 

Springfield, 

1,7516 

874 

875 

2 

1,231 

513 

7 

13.8 

11.7 

SterUng, 

17 

8 

9 

16 

1 

~ 

Stockbridge,  . 

23 

14 

9 

- 

15 

8 

- 

1     : 

- 

Stoneham, 

119 

56 

63 

— 

91 

27 

1 

— 

Stoughton, 

97 

49 

48 

- 

78 

19 

- 

- 

Stow,       .... 

13 

2 

11 

_ 

9 

4 

_ 

- 

_ 

Sturbridge,     . 

20 

11 

9 

- 

14 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Sudbury,         ... 

15 

7 

8 

_ 

15 

_ 

_ 

_ 

.    _ 

Sunderland,    . 

12 

5 

7 

- 

8 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

Sutton,    .... 

36 

25 

11 

- 

24 

12 

- 

- 

- 

Swampscott,  . 

73 

25 

48 

- 

56 

17 

- 

- 

- 

Swansea, 

38 

17 

21 

- 

26 

12 

- 

- 

- 

Taunton, 

760' 

391 

369 

_ 

529 

226 

5 

20.5 

15.5 

Templeton,     . 

548 

37 

17 

- 

44 

8 

2 

- 

- 

Tewksbury,    . 

22 

7 

15 

- 

15 

7 

- 

- 

- 

State  Infirmary,  . 

480 

341 

139 

- 

204 

276 

- 

- 

- 

Tisbury, 

25 

14 

11 

- 

20 

4 

1 

- 

- 

Tolland, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

- 

Topsfield, 

16 

9 

7 

_ 

13 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Townsend, 

18 

9 

9 

- 

16 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Truro,     .... 

16 

8 

8 

- 

12 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Tyngsborough, 

11 

4 

- 

7 

3 

1 

1 

- 

Tyringham,    . 

2 

i 

1 

- 

'\           - 

- 

- 

- 

Upton,    .... 

23 

12 

11 

_ 

19 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Uxbridge, 

51 

28 

23 

- 

36 

15 

- 

1 

- 

Wakefield,       . 

146 

61 

85 

- 

106 

40 

- 

- 

- 

Wales 

5 

3 

2 

- 

3 

1 

1 

- 

- 

Walpole, 

43 

20 

23 

- 

32 

11 

1 

- 

Waltham, 

3599 

185 

173 

1 

258 

100 

1 

11.6 

9.4 

Ware,       .... 

88 

42 

46 

- 

53 

35 

- 

- 

- 

Ware  ham, 

68 

25 

43 

- 

50 

18 

- 

- 

- 

Warren 

52 

24 

28 

- 

32 

20 

- 

- 

- 

Warwick, 

3 

4 

- 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Washington,    . 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Watertown,     . 

158 

69 

89 

- 

108 

49 

1 

7.5 

- 

Wayland, 

19 

11 

8 

_ 

13 

6 

- 

1 

- 

Webster, 

124 

68 

56 

- 

74 

50 

- 

1 

- 

Wellesley, 

64 

24 

40 

~ 

46 

18 

~ 

i 

~ 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 


°  58  nonresidents. 
6  264  nonresidents. 
^  184  nonresidents. 


3  17  nonresidents. 
9  69  nonresidents. 


No.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


115 


Table  34 

Deaths,  2  by  S 

=  X  AND    XaTIVITY,    AND   DeaTH   RaTES  IN   EaCH  CoUNTY 

AND  City:  1919. 

DEATH   R.\TE3 

sex. 

NATIVITY 

per  1,000 

POPULATION.* 

Municipalities.! 

Total 
num- 

In- 

Ex- 

ber. 

Male. 

Fe- 
male. 

Un- 
known. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

eluding 
non- 
resi- 
dents. 

Well  fleet. 

17 

11 

6 

_ 

13 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Wendell. 

3 

2 

1 

- 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Wen  ham, 

15 

7 

8 

- 

13 

2 

- 

- 

- 

West  Boylston, 

21 

9 

12 

- 

18 

3 

- 

- 

- 

West  Bridgewater, 

22 

10 

12 

- 

19 

3 

- 

- 

- 

West  Brookfield,     . 

25 

8 

17 

_ 

19 

6 

_ 

- 

- 

West  Newburv, 

17 

5 

12 

- 

14 

3 

- 

- 

- 

West  Springfield,    . 

102 

56 

46 

- 

85 

17 

- 

_ 

- 

West  Stockbridge,  . 

18 

10 

8 

— 

10 

8 

— 

— 

— 

West  Tisbury, 

4 

2 

2 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

West  borough, 

158  s 

80 

78 

_ 

115 

42 

1 

_ 

_ 

Westfield, 

2788 

148 

130 

- 

215 

63 

- 

15.0 

11  6 

Westford, 

35 

16 

19 

- 

25 

10 

- 

- 

- 

Westhampton, 

5 

3 

2 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

Westminster,  . 

16 

11 

5 

- 

14 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Weston,  .... 

14 

9 

5 

_ 

13 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

West  port. 

63 

36 

27 

- 

48 

14 

1 

- 

- 

Westwood, 

12 

7 

5 

- 

11 

1 

- 

- 

- 

Weymouth,     . 

165 

86 

79 

- 

130 

35 

- 

- 

- 

Whately, 

14 

10 

4 

- 

12 

2 

- 

- 

- 

Whitman, 

75 

36 

39 

_ 

62 

13 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Wilbraham,     . 

26 

16 

10 

- 

20 

6 

- 

- 

- 

Williamsburg, 

20 

7 

13 

- 

16 

4 

- 

- 

- 

Williamstown, 

54 

25 

29 

- 

45 

8 

1 

- 

- 

Wilmington,    . 

25 

11 

14 

- 

17 

8 

- 

- 

- 

Wine hen don, . 

99 

59 

40 

_ 

82 

17 

_ 

_ 

- 

Winchester,     . 

138 

62 

76 

- 

105 

33 

- 

- 

- 

Windsor, 

2 

2 

_ 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

Winthrop, 

139 

71 

68 

- 

109 

29 

1 

- 

- 

WOBURN, 

205  7 

101 

104 

- 

134 

71 

- 

12.4 

11.6 

Worcester,    . 

2.6388 

1,309 

1,329 

_ 

1,711 

913 

14 

14.8 

12.4 

Worthington,  . 

4 

4 

- 

4 

- 

Wrentham, 

339 

12 

21 

- 

30 

3 

- 

- 

- 

Yarmouth, 

28 

13 

15 

- 

28 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

See  footnotes  1-4,  on  page  108. 
5  111  nonresidents.  ^  431  nonresidents. 

5  63  nonresidents.  ^  15  nonresidents. 

^  13  nonresidents. 


116         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.      [P.  D. 


Table  35 

Counties  and  Sex. 

Deaths,  i 

BY    Se 

X   AND 

d 

< 

"It 

2 

1 

CO 

i 

o  ^ 

s 

.1 

3 

1 

The  State. 

52,345 

10,813 

7,769 

1,446 

721 

512 

365 

1,147 

654 

1,041 

1,620 

2,177 

2 
3 
4 

Males, 

Females, 

Unknown, 

2r,,407 

25,930 

8 

6,031 
4.781 

1 

4,395 
3,373 

1 

765 
681 

399 
322 

286 
226 

186 
179 

632 
515 

353 
301 

554 

487 

717 
903 

1,024 
1,153 

5 
6 

7 

Barnstable. 
Males, 
Females, 

449 
216 
233 

42 
21 
21 

35 
16 
19 

6 
4 
2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

5 
3 
2 

3 

1 
2 

4 
2 

2 

10 

7 
3 

6 
2 
4 

8 
9 
10 

Berkshire. 
Males, 
Females,      . 

1,465 
743 
722 

233 
124 
109 

175 

98 
77 

24 
11 
13 

18 
5 
13 

12 

4 
3 

1 

26 
12 
14 

26 

17 

9 

20 
9 
11 

45 
14 
31 

56 
34 
22 

11 
12 
13 

Bristol. 
Males, 
Females, 

5,106 
2,590 
2,516 

1.543 

888 
655 

1,071 

628 
443 

244 
136 
108 

109 
64 
45 

62 
37 
25 

57 
23 
34 

118 
73 
45 

54 
25 
29 

125 
68 
57 

131 

47 
84 

178 
73 
105 

14 
15 
16 
17 

Dukes. 

Males, 
Females,      . 
Unknown, 

76 
40 
35 

1 

9 
6 
3 

5 
4 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
- 

1 

4 
2 
2 

1 
1 

3 
2 

1 

2 
2 

_ 

2 

1 
1 

18 
19 
20 
21 

Essex. 
Males, 
Females, 
Unknown, 

6,429 

3,161 

3,265 

3 

1,217 
679 
538 

821 
475 
346 

182 
87 
95 

97 
58 
39 

_ 

67 
30 
37 

50 

29 
21 

- 

157 

79 
78 

- 

69 
44 
25 

126 
55 
71 

186 
80 
106 

246 
120 
126 

22 
23 
24 

Franklin. 
Males, 
Females,     . 

601 
308 
293 

99 
57 

42 

78 
47 
31 

5 

1 
4 

8 
5 
3 

2 

2 

6 
2 
4 

10 
4 
6 

8 
3 
5 

10 
4 
6 

18 

12 

6 

19 
8 
11 

25 
26 
27 
28 

Hampden. 
Males, 
Females,      . 
Unknown, 

3.902 

2,002 

1,898 

2 

1,046 
563 
483 

765 
416 
349 

139 
73 
66 

66 
34 
32 

43 
25 
18 

33 
15 
18 

101 
66 
35 

54 
32 
22 

87 
49 
38 

120 
50 
70 

195 

104 

91 

29 
30 
31 

Hampshire. 
Males, 
Females, 

950 

472 
478 

175 
94 
81 

132 

70 
62 

15 

8 

7 

10 

8 
2 

11 
6 
5 

7 
2 
5 

16 

9 

7 

9 
4 
5 

1 

19 

6 

13 

43 
23 
20 

32 
33 
34 
35 

Middlesex. 
Males, 
Females,      . 
Unknown, 

10,005 

4,873 

5,131 

1 

1,883 

1,065 

817 

1 

1,373 

786 
586 

1 

230 
116 
114 

135 
74 
61 

87 
57 
30 

58 
32 
26 

188 
104 
84 

125 
74 
51 

201 
97 
104 

292 
116 
176 

404 
178 
226 

36 
37 
38 

Nantucket. 
Males.                  .        . 
Females, 

58 
34 
24 

3 
3 

3 
3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

3 

2 

39 
40 
41 

Norfolk. 
Males, 
Females, 

2,389 
1,134 
1,255 

326 
184 
142 

247 
140 
107 

34 
16 
18 

12 
8 
4 

22 
12 
10 

11 

■    8 
3 

44 
26 
18 

36 
20 
16 

54 
38 
16 

69 
36 
33 

86 
37 
49 

42 
43 
44 
45 

Plymouth. 
Males, 
Females,      . 
Unknown, 

2,052 

1,081 

970 

1 

275 
154 
121 

216 
123 
93 

22 
10 
12 

16 

8 
8 

13 

7 
6 

8 
6 
2 

40 
20 
20 

24 
13 
11 

39 
22 
17 

86 
48 
38 

80 
38 
42 

46 

47 
48 

Suffolk. 
Males, 
Females,      . 

12,715 
6,585 
6,130 

2,726 
1,509 
1,217 

1,959 

1.086 

873 

367 
210 
157 

169 
90 
79 

140 
76 
64 

91 
47 
44 

308 
155 
153 

169 
82 
87 

239 
138 
101 

434 
191 
243 

599 
279 
320 

49 
50 
51 

Worcester. 
Males, 
Females, 

6,148 
3.168 
2,980 

1,236 
684 
552 

889 
503 
386 

177 
92 

85 

79 
44 
35 

52 
27 
25 

39 
18 
21 

130 
79 
51 

75 
38 

37 

119 
65 
54 

207 
107 
100 

260 
125 
135 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1, 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


117 


Age,  in  Each  County:  1919. 


6 
o 

a 

3 

£ 

P 

§ 

£ 

s  ^ 

5 

g 

U3 

S3 

s 

s| 
s 

£ 

£ 

c  '*' 

■A 

£ 

si 

£ 
0  ^ 

i 

£ 
0  ^ 

1° 

1 

2,201 

2,247 

2,261 

2,630 

2,891 

3,011 

3,633 

3,817 

3,857 

3,498 

2,679 

1,471 

538 

118 

21 

20 

2 
3 
4 

1,104 
1,097 

1,188 
1,059 

- 

1,189 
1,072 

1,406 
1,224 

1,531 
1,360 

1,627 
1,384 

1,832 
1,801 

1,913 
1,904 

1,851 
2,006 

1,560 
1,938 

1,080 
1,599 

576 

895 

188 
350 

37 
81 

5 

16 

9 
4 
7 

5 

6 

7 

14 
5 

9 

21 
12 

9 

14 
6 
8 

11 
4 

7 

20 
12 
8 

22 
11 
11 

26 
13 
13 

39 
21 
18 

49 
28 
21 

66 
29 
37 

45 
19 
26 

37 
13 
24 

13 
6 

7 

1 
1 

1 

_ 

1 

- 

8 
9 
10 

63 
33 
30 

69 
35 
34 

64 
32 
32 

57 
28 
29 

72 
41 
31 

93 
53 
40 

109 
53 
56 

129 
60 
69 

133 

77 
56 

116 
52 
64 

82 
41 
41 

44 
19 
25 

22 
4 
18 

4 
4 

2 

1 
1 

- 

11 
12 
13 

202 
105 

97 

187 
91 
96 

191 
86 
105 

226 
109 
117 

261 
126 
135 

241 
130 
111 

304 
150 
154 

311 
172 
139 

340 
165 
175 

300 
124 
176 

228 
90 
138 

103 
43 
60 

47 
19 
28 

12 
4 
8 

1 
1 

3 

2 

14 
15 
16 
17 

•   - 

- 

: 

; 

4 
3 

6 

6 

_ 

3 
2 

1 

4 
3 

1 

10 
6 
4 

10 
6 
4 

6 
2 
4 

4 
3 

1 

4 
1 
3 

- 

- 

18 
19 
20 
21 

244 
117 
127 

275 
153 
122 

248 
136 
112 

317 
164 
153 

345 
171 
174 

380 
201 
179 

461 
216 
245 

508 
249 
259 

489 
211 

278 

467 
204 
263 

384 
169 
215 

223 
87 
136 

71 
23 

48 

7 

1 
6 

3 

1 
2 

22 
23 
24 

20 

11 

9 

19 
10 
9 

15 
9 
6 

25 
11 
14 

35 
14 
21 

21 
14 

7 

42 
22 
20 

53 
27 
26 

56 
32 
24 

51 
28 
23 

55 
25 
30 

34 
13 
21 

9 
3 
6 

2 
1 
1 

- 

- 

25 
26 

27 
28 

202 
93 
109 

164 
81 
83 

169 
92 

77 

203 
119 

84 

212 
110 
102 

208 
107 
101 

220 
106 
114 

249 
139 
110 

213 
99 
114 

205 
95 
110 

139 
52 

87 

72 
30 
42 

33 
14 

19 

6 
6 

1 
1 

3 
1 

2 

29 
30 
31 

21 
11 
10 

43 
29 
14 

27 
18 
9 

42 
19 
23 

43 
23 
20 

58 
32 
26 

61 
32 

29 

70 
37 
33 

90 
38 
52 

91 
41 
50 

79 
30 
42 

38 
15 
23 

11 

4 

7 

6 
2 
4 

1 
1 

- 

32 
33 
34 
35 

390 
179 
211 

393 
206 

187 

451 
218 
233 

453 
243 
210 

556 
284 
272 

619 
335 
284 

749 
356 
393 

778 
373 
405 

819 
389 
430 

717 
298 
419 

546 
205 
341 

309 
111 

198 

100 
33 
67 

25 

6 

19 

4 

1 
3 

3 

2 

36 
37 
38 

2 
2 

- 

1 

1 

1 
1 

3 

2 

1 

5 
5 

7 
5 
2 

3 
3 

4 
3 

1 

9 
4 
5 

9 
2 

7 

3 
2 

1 

3 
2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

39 
40 
41 

78 
33 
45 

77 
47 
30 

103 
55 

48 

125 

62 
63 

127 
62 
65 

156 

71 

85 

'  192 
92 
100 

197 
88 
109 

180 
75 
105 

194 
81 
113 

181 

69 

112 

109 
38 
71 

41 
15 
26 

13 
5 
8 

1 

1 

- 

42 
43 
44 
45 

79 
40 
39 

100 

,  56 

44 

79 
49 
30 

84 
49 
35 

100 
55 
45 

98 
60 
38 

138 
86 
52 

175 

82 
93 

199 
103 

96 

169 
84 
85 

153 
65 

88 

92 
44 
48 

33 
11 
22 

7 
1 
6 

1 
1 

1 

1 

46 
47 
48 

624 
339 

285 

629 
318 
311 

629 
343 
286 

786 
444 
342 

807 
466 
341 

788 
438 
350 

875 
469 
406 

851 
427 

424 

805 
390 
415 

667 
311 
356 

462 
169 
293 

225 
86 
139 

72 
26 
46 

17 
5 
12 

3 
3 

- 

49 
50 
51 

262 
138 
124 

270 
150 
120 

270 
145 
125 

300 
154 
146 

303 
161 
142 

316 
170 
146 

446 
230 
216 

450 
232 
218 

470 
235 
235 

436 
203 
233 

317 
142 
175 

178 
72 
106 

79 
27 
52 

18 
7 
11 

3 

1 
2 

3 
3 

118         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  36 

MUNICIP-VLITIES   AND 

Sex. 

Deaths,  by  Sex 

AND 

A.GE,1 

IN  Municipalities 

1 

3 

c 

o 

C 

i 

to 

1 

0>   >j 

-2 

o 

in 

s 

"1 

-S 

in 

2 
3 

Attleboro. 

Males 

Females, 

249 
123 
126 

44 
26 
18 

35 
20 
15 

4 
3 

1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

2 
2 

4 
3 

1 

1 
1 

5 
3 
2 

5 

2 
3 

10 
3 

7 

4 
5 
6 

Beverly. 

Males 

Females, 

241 
117 
124 

31 
17 
14 

21 

12 

9 

4 
2 
2 

3 
2 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

5 

3 
2 

4 
3 
1 

4 
2 
2 

8 
5 
3 

8 
6 
2 

7 
8 
9 

Boston. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

11,673 
5,958 
5,715 

2.528 
1,399 
1,129 

1,814 

1,009 

805 

342 
195 
147 

154 

82 
72 

134 
72 
62 

84 
41 
43 

290 
148 
142 

151 
71 
80 

201 
108 
93 

385 
160 
225 

545 
238 
307 

10 
11 
12 

Brockton. 

Males 

Females, 

734 
379 
355 

139 
83 
56 

111 

67 
44 

10 
5 
5 

8 
4 
4 

6 
4 

2 

4 
3 

1 

24 
13 
11 

13 

9 

'    4 

15 

8 

7 

30 
11 
19 

34 
17 
17 

13 
14 
15 

Brookline  (town). 

Males 

Females, 

414 
175 
239 

22 
12 
10 

17 

9 
8 

1 
1 

1 
1 

3 
1 
2 

- 

2 
2 

5 
3 
2 

3 
1 
2 

8 
6 
2 

13 
7 
6 

16 
17 
18 

Cambridge. 

Males 

Females, 

1.468 
717 
751 

264 
149 
115 

194 
111 
83 

33 
17 
16 

25 
13 
12 

8 
5 
3 

4 
3 

1 

25 
13 
12 

16 

7 
9 

33 
17 
16 

59 
21 
38 

62 
29 
33 

19 
20 
21 

Chelsea. 

Males 

Females, 

687 
452 
235 

1.8 

69 
49 

90 
52 

38 

15 
9 
6 

8 
4 
4 

3 
2 

1 

2 

2 

14 
6 
8 

10 
5 
5 

27 

22 

5 

34 

25 

9 

39 

31 

8 

22 
23 
24 

Chicopee. 

Males 

Females, 

384 
211 
173 

160 

84 
76 

123 
65 

58 

20 
8 
12 

6 
3 
3 

8 
6 
2 

3 
2 
1 

10 

7 
3 

4 
3 

1 

7 
1 
6 

10 
6 
4 

16 
7 
9 

25 
26 
27 

Everett. 

Males 

Females, 

386 
182 
204 

74 
42 
32 

52 
30 

22 

5 
1 

4 

6 
4 
2 

7 
5 
2 

4 
2 
2 

12 
6 
6 

10 
6 
4 

2 

1 
1 

12 

4 
8 

15 
4 
11 

28 
29 
30 

Fall  River. 

Males 

Females, 

1,730 
858 
872 

607 
339 
268 

410 
235 
175 

108 
58 
50 

42 
22 
20 

22 

13 

9 

25 
11 
14 

41 
26 
15 

20 

9 

11 

45 
19 
26 

54 
16 
38 

52 
14 
38 

31 

32 
33 

FiTCHBTJRG. 

Males 

Females, 

456 

238 
218 

109 
56 

53 

74 
43 
31 

13 
2 
11 

9 
6 
3 

7 
4 
3 

6 

1 
5 

10 

6 
4 

7 
5 
2 

10 
4 
6 

10 
3 

7 

22 
12 
10 

34 
35 
36 

Framinhgam  (town). 

Males 

Females, 

258 
126 
132 

46 
26 
20 

32 
17 
15 

8 
4 
4 

3 
3 

2 
2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

8 

7 
1 

5 

4 

1 

5 

2 
3 

5 

4 

37 
38 
39 

Gardner  (town). 

Males 

Females, 

216 
129 

87 

38 
24 
14 

35 
21 
14 

1 
1 

- 

- 

2 
2 

5 

3 
2 

1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

6 
4 
2 

12 
4 
8 

40 
41 
42 
43 

Gloucester. 

Males 

Females, 
Unknown,      . 

319 

161 

156 

2 

59 
31 

28 

41 
21 
20 

5 
3 
2 

7 
3 
4 

3 
2 

1 

3 
2 
1 

11 
5 
6 

3 
2 

1 

10 
5 
5 

11 

4 

7 

12 
5 

7 

44 
45 
46 

Haverhill. 

Males 

Females, 

704 
330 
374 

138 
83 
55 

95 
60 
35 

22 
12 
10 

5 

4 

1 

7 
4 
3 

9 
3 
6 

9 
5 
4 

11 
5 
6 

18 

8 

10 

35 
14 
21 

26 
14 
12 

47 
48 
49 

HOLTOKE. 

Males 

Females, 

838 
416 
422 

258 
127 
131 

189 
91 

98 

35 
20 
15 

18 
7 
11 

9 
5 
4 

7 
4 
3 

24 
16 

8 

15 
10 
5 

13 
5 

8 

17 
4 
13 

37 
16 
21 

50 
51 
52 

Lawrence. 

Males 

Females, 

1,280 
670 
610 

367 
198 
169 

249 
136 
113 

53 
22 
31 

33 
22 
11 

20 

9 

11 

12 
9 
3 

42 
23 
19 

13 

7 
6 

26 
13 
13 

40 

-    20 

20 

64 
28 
36 

1  Age  at  last  birthday. 


Xo.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


119 


HAVING   OVER   15,000   IXHABITANTS:    1919. 


6 

<D 

XI 

2 
!3 

si 

g 

s 

B 
S 

ft 

-1 
o  ^ 

-1 
o  ^ 

i 

SI 

00 

a 

si 

a 
§ 

|1 

1 

2 
3 

9 
4 
5 

13 

7 
6 

10 
4 
6 

9 

1 
8 

11 

6 
5 

12 
5 

7 

25 
12 
13 

18 

12 

6 

18 
8 
10 

27 
12 
15 

14 
6 

8 

9 
5 
4 

2 
2 

2 
2 

- 

1 

4 
5 
6 

8 
2 
6 

10 
5 
5 

4 
2 
2 

10 
4 
6 

15 
5 
10 

12 

9 
3 

28 

8 

20 

18 
10 

8 

24 
11 
13 

25 

12 
13 

10 

7 
3 

12 
4 

8 

4 
2 
2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

7 
8 
9 

577 
310 
267 

587 
295 
292 

596 
320 
276 

741 
418 
323 

748 
432 
316 

735 
407 
328 

807 
442 
365 

794 
395 
399 

728 
340 
388 

574 
243 
331 

399 
127 

272 

206 
77 
129 

63 
23 
40 

16 
5 
11 

2 
2 

_ 

10 
11 
12 

24 
12 

12 

34 
15 

19 

26 
11 
15 

38 
23 
15 

37 
21 
16 

37 
23 
14 

49 
30 
19 

65 
32 
33 

54 
22 
32 

46 
24 

22 

44 
15 

29 

16 

7 
9 

7 
3 
4 

2 
2 

- 

- 

13 
14 
15 

14 
10 
4 

8 
6 
2 

24 
14 
10 

25 
8 
17 

27 
11 
16 

37 
16 
21 

45 
19 
26 

34 
13 
21 

29 
12 
17 

34 
14 
20 

44 
16 

28 

27 
3 
24 

10 

1 
9 

3 

1 
2 

- 

- 

16 
17 
18 

55 
25 
30 

61 
32 
29 

83 
39 
44 

68 
37 
31 

88 
47 
41 

106 
65 
41 

117 
59 
58 

108 
49 
59 

124 
52 

72 

90 
40 
50 

58 
23 
35 

38 
10 

28 

8 
3 

5 

5 
5 

- 

- 

19 
20 
21 

32 
19 
13 

28 

19 

9 

29 

21 

8 

27 
13 
14 

41 
25 
16 

34 
23 
11 

33 
14 
19 

25 
13 
12 

57 
40 
17 

79 
62 
17 

47 
37 
10 

8 
7 

1 

4 
1 
3 

1 
1 

- 

- 

22 
23 
24 

15 

8 
7 

22 
14 
8 

12 

7 
5 

24 

18 

6 

22 
14 

8 

18 
13 
5 

11 

7 
4 

13 
6 

7 

11 
3 

8 

11 
4 

7 

9 
6 
3 

4 
•   2 

2 

4 

1 
3 

1 
1 

- 

- 

25 
26 
27 

15 
7 
8 

15 

8 
7 

14 
8 
6 

18 
9 
9 

20 
8 
12 

20 

9 

11 

24 
11 
13 

41 
23 
18 

22 

9 

13 

30 

9 

21 

23 

9 

14 

12 
7 
5 

4 
1 
3 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

28 
29 
30 

65 
29 
36 

64 
31 
33 

75 
31 

44 

77 
33 
44 

100 
46 
54 

74 
43 
31 

103 
48 
55 

103 
60 
43 

92 
49 
43 

72 
30 
42 

54 

23 
31 

20 
9 
11 

8 
2 
6 

3 

1 
2 

- 

1 

31 
32 
33 

27 

18 

9 

16 

7 
9 

'I 

13 

26 

9 

17 

25 
17 

8 

27 
16 
11 

31 
18 
13 

30 

22 

8 

34 
18 
16 

29 

9 

20 

14 
9 
5 

8 
4 
4 

3 

1 
2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

34 
35 
36 

9 
3 
6 

10 
5 
5 

13 
6 

7 

14 
6 
8 

9 
6 
3 

15 

8 

7 

16 
9 

7 

20 

7 

13 

20 
11 

9 

30 
13 
17 

17 
4 
13 

12 
6 
6 

2 
- 
2 

- 

1 
1 

- 

37 
38 
39 

13 

7 
6 

13 

7 
6 

20 
11 

9 

10 

7 
3 

14 
9 
5 

12 
7 
5 

19 
11 
8 

20 
11 
9 

13 
10 
3 

11 

7 
4 

3 
3 

2 

1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

40 
41 
42 
43 

9 
8 

1 

18 
8 
10 

5 
4 
1 

6 
2 
4 

12 
7 
5 

20 

6 

14 

21 
11 
10 

32 
20 
12 

28 
12 
16 

23 
12 
11 

19 
9 
10 

13 
8 
5 

4 

2 
2 

- 

1 

1 

2 
2 

44 
45 

46 

28 
12 
16 

43 
23 
20 

28 
10 
18 

38 
13 
25 

52 
23 

29 

44 
20 

24 

51 

28 
23 

44 
19 
25 

41 
14 

27 

40 
■18 
22 

36 
12 
24 

16 

6 

10 

6 
3 
3 

- 

47 
48 
49 

39 
18 
21 

38 
20 
18 

34 
18 
16 

45 
24 
21 

50 
24 
26 

45 

22 
23 

50 
24 
26 

48 
30 
18 

40 
18 
22 

46 
27 
19 

28 
11 
17 

7 
2 
5 

2 
2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

50 
51 
52 

56 
34 
22 

62 
42 
20 

67 
41 
26 

67 
30 
37 

54 
31 
23 

64 
35 
29 

75 
38 
37 

85 
51 
34 

71 
26 
45 

56 
22 
34 

49 
22 

27 

14 
6 

8 

7 

I 

1 
1 

- 

- 

120         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  36 

Municipalities  and 

Sex. 

Deaths,  by  Se.^ 

AND 

A.GE,1 

in  Municipalities 

6 

< 

5 

i 

03 
>> 

% 

03 

.1 

s. 

e 

4- 

1 
2 
3 

Leominster. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

234 
121 
113 

55 
32 
23 

38 
19 
19 

8 
6 
2 

5 
3 
2 

2 
2 

2 

2 

3 

1 

2 

6 
8 
3 

8 
3 
5 

2 
5 

10 
7 
3 

4 
5 
6 

Lowell. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

1,708 
833 
875 

515 

308 
207 

378 
228 
150 

58 
35 
23 

32 
16 
16 

26 
18 

8 

21 
11 
10 

48 
24 
24 

23 
12 
11 

35 
14 
21 

49 
19 
30 

62 
20 
42 

7 
8 
9 

Lynn. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

1,215 
601 
614 

199 
114 

85 

128 
78 
50 

31 
16 
15 

20 
13 

7 

12 
2 

10 

8 
5 
3 

31 
18 
13 

14 
9 
5 

30 

9 

21 

33 
12 
21 

53 
'21 
32 

10 
11 
12 

Malden. 

Males 

Females, 

566 
283 
283 

108 
74 
34 

72 
54 
18 

18 
8 
10 

10 

7 
3 

5 
4 
1 

3 
1 
2 

14 

8 
6 

11 

7 
4 

13 

8 
5 

16 
2 
14 

25 
14 
11 

13 
14 
15 

Marlborough. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

190 
100 
90 

31 

18 
13 

24 
15 

9 

3 
1 
2 

3 
1 

2 

1 
1 

- 

3 

1 
2 

- 

3 

- 
3 

1 
1 

7 
2 
5 

16 
17 
18 

Medford. 

Males 

Females, 

407 
162 
245 

69 
39 
30 

51 
29 
22 

7 
4 
3 

2 

1 
1 

6 
4 
2 

3 

1 
2 

4 
1 
3 

- 

5 
5 

8 
2 
6 

24 
4 
20 

19 
20 
21 

Melrose. 
Males,    .... 
Females, 

215 
102 
113 

26 
13 
13 

22 
11 
11 

3 

1 
2 

- 

1 

1 

- 

3 

1 
2 

2 
2 

5 
4 

1 

6 
4 
2 

6 
3 
3 

22 
23 
24 

Methuen. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

198 
80 
118 

33 
19 
14 

26 
14 
12 

5 
3 
2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

5 

1 
4 

5 
3 
2 

2 
2 

6 
6 

7 
4 
3 

25 
26 

27 

New  Bedford. 

Males 

Females, 

1,626 
836 
790 

579 
335 
244 

414 
242 
172 

84 
46 
38 

39 
25 
14 

25 
15 
10 

17 

7 
10 

38 
23 
15 

16 

7 
9 

39 
26 
13 

40 
14 
26 

78 
38 
40 

28 
29 
30 

Newburyport. 

Males 

Females, 

270 
139 
131 

58 
27 
31 

30 

12 
18 

10 
5 
5 

9 
6 
3 

7 
3 
4 

2 

1 
1 

7 
3 
4 

3 
3 

4 

2 
2 

1 
1 

6 
4 

2 

31 
32 
33 

Newton. 

Males 

Females, 

495 
229 
266 

71 

48 
23 

56 
39 
17 

5 
2 
3 

5 
4 
1 

3 
2 

1 

2 

1 
1 

11 
6 
5 

4 

2 
2 

11 
6 
5 

12 
4 

8 

11 
5 
6 

34 
35 
36 

North  Adams. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

311 
149 
162 

49 
25 
24 

39 
23 
16 

2 

2 

4 
1 
3 

2 

2 

2 

1 
1 

5 
3 

2 

1 
1 

5 
3 
2 

11 

4 

7 

8 
5 
3 

37 

28 
39 

Northampton. 

Males 

Females, 

419 
214 
205 

41 
21 

20 

29 
14 
15 

6 
5 

1 

1 

1 

3 

2 

1 

2 
2 

6 
4 
2 

4 
3 

1 

9 
3 
6 

11 
3 

8 

28 
17 
11 

40 
41 
42 

Peabody. 

Males 

Females, 

235 
141 
94 

65 
47 
18 

47 
37 
10 

14 

7 

3 

2 

1 

- 

1 

1 

7 
2 
5 

3 
3 

5 
1 
4 

5 
2 
3 

9 
5 
4 

43 
44 
45 

Pittsfield. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

559 
286 
273 

92 
53 
39 

65 

38 
27 

12 
6 
6 

8 
3 
5 

5 
4 

1 

2 
2 

2 
5 

9 
6 
3 

5 

1 
4 

21 
6 
15 

25 
17 

8 

46 

47 

48 

QUINCY. 

Males 

Females, 

4.53 
244 

209 

97 
53 
44 

69 
37 
32 

11 
5 
6 

3 

2 

1 

9 
5 

4 

5 
4 
1 

13 
6 

7 

9 
4 
5 

15 
11 
4 

13 
6 

15 
5 
10 

49 
50 
51 

Revere. 

Males,     .... 
Females, 

216 
104 
112 

57 
30 

27 

40 
20 
20 

6 
3 
3 

5 
2 
3 

2 
1 

1 

4 
4 

3 

1 
2 

8 
6 
2 

9 

7 
2 

10 
3 

7 

5 
1 
4 

Age  at  last  birthday. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


121 


:avixg  Over  15,000  Inhabitants:   1919  —  Con. 


CD 

2 

o 
T1< 

O  '*' 

o  ^ 

s 

s 

2 

o  ^ 

s 

SI 
S  ^ 

i 

o  ^ 

si 

s 

si 

lA 

00 

it 

g5 


3 

6 

4 

9 

13 

13 

16 

28 

24 

9 

14 

3 

2 

1 

3 

1 

2 

8 

6 

8 

20 

11 

4 

8 

1 

_ 

,  2 

3 

3 

7 

5 

7 

8 

8 

13 

5 

6 

2 

2 

63 

65 

81 

89 

88 

89 

115 

117 

97 

73 

50 

35 

10 

32 

36 

37 

43 

41 

38 

53 

47 

41 

31 

15 

16 

5 

31 

29 

44 

46 

47 

51 

62 

70 

56 

42 

35 

19 

5 

60 

52 

46 

71 

77 

81 

98 

94 

90 

75 

61 

41 

8 

25 

26 

26 

45 

34 

44 

56 

51 

41 

30 

23 

14 

3 

35 

26 

20 

26 

43 

37 

42 

43 

49 

45 

38 

27 

5 

29 

27 

20 

30 

36 

26 

54 

35 

39 

39 

23 

9 

8 

12 

9 

8 

14 

20 

17 

22 

16 

17 

22 

7 

2 

4 

17 

18 

12 

16 

16 

9 

32 

19 

22 

17 

16 

7 

4 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

16 

9 

17 

18 

25 

10 

7 

2 

4 

3 

4 

6 

5 

10 

5 

12 

10 

12 

5 

2 

2 

4 

4 

3 

5 

6 

4 

5 

8 

13 

5 

5 

2 

18 

17 

14 

14 

25 

20 

39 

26 

33 

29 

43 

15 

3 

6 

9 

2 

5 

12 

10 

17 

11 

20 

15 

2 

12 

8 

12 

9 

13 

10 

22 

15 

13 

22 

28 

13 

3 

5 

8 

9 

13 

10 

22 

10 

15 

22 

21 

21 

8 

3 

_ 

2 

2 

3 

8- 

4 

9 

7 

8 

9 

7 

11 

5 

- 

3 

6* 

6 

5 

6 

13 

3 

7 

13 

14 

10 

3 

3 

- 

5 

11 

4 

8 

15 

11 

15 

19 

16 

19 

10 

5 

2 

_ 

~ 

7 

2 

4 

7 

3 

6 

3 

5 

9 

4 

3 

- 

5 

4 

2 

4 

8 

8 

9 

16 

11 

10 

6 

2 

2 

- 

64 

57 

54 

67 

71 

69 

86 

84 

88 

76 

71 

29 

15 

4 

41 

28 

31 

34 

35 

34 

40 

43 

40 

25 

23 

10 

8 

1 

23 

29 

23 

33 

36 

35 

46 

41 

48 

51 

48 

19 

7 

3 

7 

7 

15 

14 

13 

14 

14 

30 

24 

15 

18 

13 

5 

_ 

4 

3 

10 

9 

8 

9 

4 

16 

14 

9 

7 

5 

1 

- 

3 

4 

5 

5 

5 

5 

10 

14 

10 

6 

11 

8 

4 

- 

15 

6 

29 

16 

28 

32 

46 

34 

56 

44 

43 

16 

9 

1 

7 

- 

16 

10 

12 

16 

16 

16 

25 

16 

13 

7 

3 

1 

8 

6 

13 

6 

16 

16 

30 

18 

31 

28 

30 

9 

6 

8 

23 

18 

15 

15 

27 

22 

33 

20 

27 

14 

9 

1 

_ 

4 

10 

9 

5 

12 

15 

6 

14 

10 

15 

5 

4 

- 

- 

4 

13 

9 

10 

3 

12 

16 

19 

10 

12 

9 

5 

1 

- 

14 

26 

14 

21 

20 

26 

23 

40 

37 

45 

35 

13 

4 

2 

7 

21 

11 

10 

10 

18 

11 

21 

11 

19 

15 

8 

1 

- 

7 

5 

3 

11 

10 

8 

12 

19 

26 

26 

20 

5 

3 

2 

6 

13 

6 

16 

10 

10 

12 

19 

17 

13 

13 

4 

_ 

3 

6 

4 

13 

5 

7 

6 

13 

9 

6 

5 

2 

_ 

3 

7 

2 

3 

5 

3 

6 

6 

8 

7 

8 

2 

- 

37 

28 

26 

20 

30 

37 

44 

45 

52 

36 

25 

10 

8 

16 

15 

13 

11 

14 

21 

28 

25 

29 

14 

11 

2 

1 

21 

13 

13 

9 

16 

16 

16 

20 

23 

22 

14 

8 

7 

16 

22 

22 

18 

25 

33 

38 

28 

22 

27 

20 

10 

8 

7 

14 

9 

12 

18 

16 

23 

17 

11 

8 

9 

8 

6 

9 

8 

13 

6 

7 

17 

15 

11 

11 

19 

11 

2 

2 

8 

4 

2 

10 

11 

12 

22 

17 

14 

7 

9 

4 

3 

_ 

4 

- 

2 

8 

5 

5 

8 

8 

8 

2 

4 

1 

1 

_ 

4 

4 

- 

2 

6 

7 

14 

9 

6 

5 

5 

3 

2 

- 

122         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  36 

Municipalities  .^^n'd 
Sex. 

Deaths,  by  Sex  and  Age.i  i^  Municipalities 

d 

c 

13 

< 

-a 

a 

C 

i 

I 

C4 

>> 

s 

02 

i5 

2 
o  ^ 

s  ^ 

1 

2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

7 

I 

10 

11 

12 
13 

14 
15 
16 
17 

18 
19 

20 

21 
22 
23 

24 
25 
26 

27 
28 
29 

Salem. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

SOMERVILLE. 

Males,     .... 
Females, 

Springfield. 

Males 

Females, 
Unknown, 

Taunton. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

Waltham. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 
Unknown, 

Watertown  (town). 

Males 

Females, 

Westfield  (town). 

Males 

Females, 

WOBURN. 

Males 

Females, 

Worcester. 
Males,     .... 
Females, 

599 
299 
300 

1,074 
501 
573 

1,751 

874 

875 

2 

760 
391 

369 

359 
185 
173 

1 

158 
69 
89 

278 
148 
130 

205 
101 
104 

2,638 
1,309 
1,329 

118 
68 
50 

171 
91 
80 

383 
215 
168 

- 

169 
103 

66 

56 
32 
23 

1 

41 
22 
19 

64 
39 
25 

33 
18 
15 

616 
335 
281 

75 
45 
30 

118 
60 
58 

275 
156 
119 

115 

68 
47 

40 

22 
17 

1 

34 
20 
14 

44 
27 
17 

26 
15 
11 

426 
243 
183 

15 
9 
6 

24 
15 
9 

52 
30 
22 

28 
17 
11 

4 
3 

3 
2 

1 

8 
4 
4 

1 

1 

100 
53 
47 

11 

5 
6 

11 

6 
5 

27 
16 
11 

16 
11 
5 

6 
4 

2 

2 

6 
3 
3 

4 
2 
2 

tt 

25 

10 
6 
4 

11 

4 

7 

16 
9 

7 

5 
4 

1 

2 
2 

2 

2 

3 
3 

2 
1 

1 

27 
13 
14 

7 
3 
4 

7 
6 

1 

13 
4 
9 

5 
3 
2 

1 
1 

3 
2 

1 

19 

7 
12 

2'^ 
13 
9 

16 
9 

7 

42 
25 
17 

13 

8 
5 

22 
16 
6 

3 

1 
2 

11 

8 
3 

3 

1 
2 

48 
25 
23 

4 
3 

1 

10 
5 
5 

18 

11 

10 
3 

7 

10 

7 
3 

1 

1 

9 
4 
5 

1 

1 

31 
14 
17 

16 

7 
9 

25 
9 
16 

39 
26 
13 

15 

8 

7 

9 
7 
2 

2 

1 
1 

11 
6 
5 

5 
4 

1 

51 
26 
25 

19 
6 
13 

25 
11 
14 

53 
20 
33 

18 
9 
9 

11 
5 
6 

5 

4 

1 

15 

7 
8 

4 
1 
3 

74 
34 
40 

25 
16 
9 

45 
20 
25 

98 
53 
45 

19 
13 
6 

19 
13 
6 

8 
2 
6 

20 
15 
5 

12 

8 
4 

109 
50 
59 

Age  at  last  birthday. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


123 


HAVING    OVER   15,000   INHABITANTS:    1919  —  Con. 


1 

e 
2 

2 

d 

5"^ 
:§ 

si 

s 

i 

s 

si 

B 

4 

s 

®  o 

|i 

|1 

1 
2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 
12 
13 

14 
15 
16 
17 

18 
19 
20 

21 
22 
23 

24 
25 
26 

27 
28 
29 

24 
12 

12 

32 
13 
19 

102 
46 
56 

32 
19 
13 

11 
4 

7 

7 
1 
6 

19 
8 
11 

9 
5 
4 

103 
54 
49 

17 
12 
5 

37 
19 
18 

71 
30 
41 

28 
11 
17 

14 
9 
5 

~ 
4 
2 
2 

7 
3 
4 

9 
4 
5 

131 
74 
57 

21 
14 

7 

39 
18 
21 

95 
51 

44 

36 
13 
23 

16 

7 
9 

6 
3 
3 

11 

7 
4 

10 
5 
5 

121 
60 
61 

29 
15 
14 

44 
26 
18 

92 
49 
43 

36 
19 
17 

14 

7 
7 

5 

1 
4 

10 

7 
3 

8 
3 
5 

142 
73 
69 

37 
16 
21 

56 

27 
29 

105 
51 
54 

45 
23 
22 

21 
8 
13 

14 

8 
6 

11 

129 
67 
62 

36 

18 
18 

67 
39 
28 

105 
51 
54 

45 
27 
18 

30 
15 
15 

- 

6 
5 
1 

5 
2 

3 

15 

8 

7 

160 
87 
73 

42 
19 
23 

78 
31 

47 

102 
50 
52 

49 
27 
22 

17 
9 
8 

12 
5 

7 

11 
6 
5 

19 
11 

8 

206 
104 
102 

33 
14 
19 

107 
50 
57 

124 
60 
64 

59 
30 
29 

20 

9 

11 

11 
5 
6 

14 
8 
6 

13 
6 

7 

175 
73 
102 

41 
16 
25 

119 
54 

65 

106 
50 
56 

71 
34 

37 

31 
14 
17 

9 
2 

7 

14 
6 

8 

11 

7 
4 

180 
84 
96 

51 
25 
26 

90 
44 
46 

102 
42 
60 

55 
23 
32 

18 
5 
13 

5 

3 
2 

16 

8 
8 

18 
9 
9 

148 
67 
81 

34 
17 
17 

66 
23 
43 

56 
26 
30 

35 
13 
22 

14 
9 
5 

14 
2 
12 

18 
5 
13 

15 

6 
9 

IW 
49 
70 

16 

6 

10 

34 

6 

28 

39 
14 
25 

14 
5 
9 

16 

6 

10 

4 

2 
2 

10 
3 

7 

10 

1 
9 

65 
19 
46 

12 
2 
10 

11 
5 
6 

14 
8 
6 

8 
2 
6 

8 
3 

21 
10 
11 

1 

2 

1 
1 

3 

3 

2 
2 
2 
2 

1 
1 

6 
3 
3 

1 
1 

3 

1 
2 

2 

2 

1 
1 
1 

124         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  37 

Population,  De 

ATHS,  1 

Population,  Deaths,  ' 

AND  Death  Rates, 

PER    1.000 

and  Death  Rates. 

PER    1,000 

Population:   1851 

TO  1919. 

Population:   185r 

TO  1919. 

Years. 

Years. 

Popula- 
tion. 

Deaths. 

Death 

rates. 

Popula- 
tion. 

Deaths. 

Death 
rates. 

1851,      .       .       . 

1,020,674 

18,934 

18.6 

1886,      .       .       . 

1,998,174 

37,224 

18.6 

1852,      .       .       . 

1,047,518 

18,482 

17.6 

1887,      .       .       . 

2,055,821 

40,763 

19.8 

1853,     .       .       . 

1,075,063 

20,301 

18.9 

1888,      .       .       . 

2,115,131 

42.097 

19.9 

1854,     .       .       . 

1,103,341 

21.414 

19.4 

1889,      .       .       . 

2,176,153 

41.777 

19.2 

1855,     .       .       . 

1,132,369 

20.798 

18.4 

1890,      .       .       . 

2,238,943 

43.528 

19.4 

1856,     .       .       . 

1,151,455 

20.734 

18.0 

1891,      .       .       . 

2,288,911 

45.185 

19.7 

1857,     .       .       . 

1.170,855 

21.280 

18.2 

1892,      .       .       . 

2,339,994 

48,762 

20.9 

1858,      .       .       . 

1,190,583 

20.776 

17.5 

1893,      .       .       . 

2,392,217 

49.084 

20.5 

1859,      .       .       . 

1,210,645 

20.976 

17.3 

1894,      .       .       . 

2,445.605 

46.791 

19.1  , 

1860,     .       .       . 

1,231,066 

23,068 

18.7 

1895,      .       .       . 

2.500.183 

47,540 

19.0 

1861,      .       .       . 

1,238,176 

24,085 

19.5 

1896,      .       .       . 

2.558.437 

49,381 

19.3 

1862,      .       .       . 

1,245,326 

22,974 

18.5 

1897,      .       .       . 

2,618,048 

47,419 

18.1 

1863,      .       .       . 

1.252.517 

27,751 

22.2 

1898,      .       .       . 

2,679,048 

46,761 

17.5 

1864.      .       .       . 

1,259,750 

28,753 

22.8 

1899,      .       .       . 

2,741,470 

47,710 

17.4 

1865,     .       .       . 

1,267,031 

26,152 

20.6 

1900,      .       .       . 

2,805,346 

51,156 

18.2 

1866,     .       .       . 

1.302.995 

23,637 

18.2 

1901,      .       .       . 

2,849,047 

48,275 

16.9 

1867,      .       .       . 

1,339,979 

22,773 

17.0 

1902,      .       .       . 

2,889,386 

47,491 

16.4 

1868,      .       .       . 

1,378,012 

25,603 

18.6 

1903,      .       .       . 

2,929,725 

49,054 

16.7 

1869,      .       .       . 

1.417.124 

26,054 

18.4 

1904,      .       .       . 

2,970,064 

48,482 

16.3 

1870,      .       .       . 

1.457.351 

27,329 

18.8 

1905,      .       .       . 

3,015,872 

50,486 

16.7 

1871,      .       .       . 

1,494,337 

27,943 

18.7 

1906,      .       .       . 

3,089,029 

50,624 

16.4 

1872,     .       .       . 

1,532.260 

35,019 

22.9 

1907,      .       .       . 

3,162,186 

54,234 

17.2 

1873,     .       .       . 

1.571,142 

33,912 

21.6 

1908,      .       .       . 

3,235,343 

51,788 

16.0 

1874,      .       .       . 

1,611,016 

31,887 

18.6 

1909,      .       .       . 

3,308,500 

51,236 

15.5 

1875,      .       .       . 

1,651,912 

34,978 

21.7 

1910,      .       .       . 

3,380,151 

54,407 

16.1 

1876,     .       .       . 

1,677,351 

33,186 

19.8 

1911,      .       .       . 

3,446,079 

53,062 

15.4 

1877,      .       .       . 

1.703.182 

31,342 

18.4 

1912,      .       .       . 

3,512,007 

52,400 

14.9 

1878,      .       .       . 

1,729.412 

31,303 

18.1 

1913,      .       .       . 

3,577.935 

53,402 

14.9 

1879 

1.756.043 

31,801 

18.1 

1914,      .       .       . 

3,643.863 

52,978 

14.5 

1880,      .       .       . 

1.783.085 

35,292 

19.8 

1915,      .       .       . 

3.693.310 

53,131 

r4.4 

1881,      .       .       . 

1,813.818 

36,458 

20.1 

1916,      .       .       . 

3.775,720 

56,366 

14.9 

1882,      .       .       . 

1,845,086 

36,785 

19.9 

1917,      .       .       . 

3,841,648 

56.628 

14.7 

1883,      .       .       . 

1,876,895 

37,748 

20.1 

1918,      .       .       . 

3,907,576 

78.842 

20.2 

1884,     .       .       . 

1.909.810 

36,990 

19.0 

1919,      .       .       . 

3,835,614 

52,345 

13.6 

1885,      .       .       . 

1,942,141 

38,094 

19.6 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


125 


Table  38 

Mortality'  of  Males  and  Females 

:   1860  TO  1919. 

DEATHS. 

Deaths    ' 

DEATH 

RATES2    PER    1,000 

Yeaes. 

of  males  to 
1,000 

POPULATION. 

Males. 

Females. 

deaths  of 
females.   ■ 

Males. 

Females. 

Excess  of 
male  rate. 

1860, 

11444 

11,547 

999     \ 

19.3 

18.4 

.9 

1862-65  (four  years  of  war),  . 

54,407 

50,994 

i,067     i 

- 

- 

- 

1865,       

13,085 

13,024 

1,005    ' 

21.7 

19.6 

2  1 

1866 

11,601 

12,003 

966     '■ 

- 

- 

- 

1867, 

11.359 

11,369 

998     : 

- 

- 

- 

1868, 

12,871 

12,695 

1,014 

- 

- 

- 

1869, 

12,777 

13,231 

966 

~ 

- 

1870,       

13,699 

13,598 

1,007 

19.5 

18.6 

.9 

1871, 

13,985 

13,931 

1.004 

- 

- 

1872, 

17,717 

17,256 

1,027 

- 

- 

- 

1873,       

17,242 

16,642 

1,036 

- 

- 

- 

1874,       

15,912 

15,939 

999     1 

- 

- 

- 

1875,       

17,329 

17,619 

984 

21.8 

20.5 

13 

1876, 

16,485 

16,669 

988 

- 

- 

- 

1877, 

15,427 

15,894 

971 

- 

- 

- 

1878. 

15,284 

15,986 

956 

- 

- 

1879 

15,628 

16,142 

968 

- 

- 

1880,       ....... 

17,426 

17,852 

976 

20.3 

19.3 

1.0 

1881, 

18,147 

18,296 

992 

- 

- 

- 

1882 

18,360 

18,418 

996 

- 

- 

- 

1883 

18,840 

18,904 

996 

- 

- 

- 

1884, 

18,418 

18,567 

992 

- 

- 

- 

1885,       

18,889 

19,205 

984 

20.2 

19.0 

12 

1886, 

18,585 

18,659 

996 

- 

- 

- 

1887, 

20,329 

20,434 

995 

- 

- 

- 

1888, 

21,234 

20,863 

1,018 

- 

- 

- 

1889. 

20,978 

20,799 

1,009 

- 

- 

- 

1890, 

21,767 

21,761 

1,000 

20.0 

18.9 

1.1 

1891, 

22,672 

22,513 

1,007 

- 

- 

- 

1892, 

24,643 

24.119 

1,022     ! 

- 

- 

- 

1893,       

24,899 

24,185 

1,029 

- 

- 

- 

1894,       

23,788 

23,003 

1,034 

- 

- 

~ 

1895,       

24,175 

23,365 

1,035 

19.9 

18.2 

1.7 

1896, 

25,140 

24,241 

1,037 

- 

- 

- 

1897, 

24,004 

23,415 

1.025 

- 

- 

- 

1898,       

24,082 

22,679 

1.062 

- 

- 

- 

1899, 

24,304 

23,406 

1,038 

- 

- 

- 

1900,       

25,934 

25,222 

1,028 

18.9 

17.5 

14 

1901,       

24,858 

23,417 

1.061 

- 

- 

- 

1902,       

24,199 

23,292 

1,039 

- 

- 

- 

1903,       

25,157 

23.897 

1.050 

- 

- 

- 

1904 

24,726 

23,756 

1,040 

- 

- 

- 

1905,       

25,996 

24,490 

1,061 

17.8 

15.9 

1.9 

1906,       

26,190 

24,434 

1,072 

- 

- 

- 

1907, 

28,023 

26,211 

1,069 

- 

- 

- 

1908, 

26,772 

25,016 

1,070 

- 

- 

- 

1909, 

26,320 

24,916 

1,056 

- 

~ 

~ 

1910, 

28,259 

26,148 

1,081 

17.1 

15.3 

1.8 

1911, 

27,526 

25,536 

1,078 

- 

- 

- 

1912,       

27,027 

25,373 

1,065 

- 

- 

- 

1913,       

28,039 

25.363 

1.106 

- 

- 

- 

1914, 

27,569 

25,409 

1,085 

- 

~ 

~ 

1915,        

27,335 

25,792 

1,060 

15.1 

13.7 

1-4 

1916, 

29,536 

26,823 

1,101 

15.9 

14.0 

1.9 

1917, 

29,622 

27,005 

1,097 

15  7 

13.8 

1.9 

1918, 

41,670 

37,163 

1,121 

21.7 

18.7 

3.0 

1919 

26,407 

25,930 

1,018 

14.0 

13.3 

.7 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 

2  Rates  are  calculated  on  census  population,  except  for  the  years  1916,  1917,  1918,  and  1919,  for  which 
the  estimated  population  is  used. 


126         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  — 1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  39 

Age  Periods. 


Deaths!  at  Specified  Ages:  Census  Years  1875  to  1915. 


1915. 

1910. 

1905. 

1900. 

1895. 

1890. 

1885. 

1880. 

53,131 

54,407 

50,486 

51,156 

47,540 

43,528 

38,094 

35,292 

12,891 

9,490 

1,026 

648 

984 

15.433 
11,499 

1,091 
678 

1,002 

14.055 
10,519 

1.017 
734 

1,050 

16,310 
11,500 

1,347 
673 

1,146 

15,202 
10,564 

1,397 
646 

1,207 

13,870 

9,625 

1,282 

697 

1,361 

11,956 
7,626 
1,358 
667 
1,190 

12.213 

7.190 

1,463 

611 

1,104 

3,234 
3,823 
4.825 
6,058 
7,323 

3,329 
4.102 
4,615 
5,501 
7,168 

3,562 
4.149 
4.139 
5,174 
6,346 

3,904 
4,034 
3,896 
4,692 
5,687 

4.101 
4,873 
3,578 
4,080 
4,933 

3,931 
3,552 
3.396 
3.642 
4,286 

3,492 
3.062 
2,889 
3.090 
3,678 

3,269 
721 
2,384 
2,538 
3,104 

7,613 

4,667 

39 

6,977 

4,471 

40 

6,106 

4,101 

53 

5,608 

3,837 

22 

5,028 
3,418 

77 

4,247 

3,115 

149 

3,750 

2,829 

133 

3,243 
2.489 
1,513 

1875. 


All  Ages. 

Under  5  years, 
Under  1  year, 
5  to  9  years, 
10  to  14  years, 
15  to  19  years, 

20  to  29  years, 
30  to  39  years, 
40  to  49  years, 
50  to  59  years, 
60  to  69  years, 

70  to  79  years, 
80  years  and  over 
Age  unknown, 


All  Ages. 

Under  5  years, 
Under  1  year, 
5  to  9  years, 
10  to  14  j'ears, 
15  to  19  years, 

20  to  29  years, 
30  to  39  years, 
40  to  49  years, 
50  to  59  years, 
60  to  69  years, 

70  to  79  years, 
80  years  and  over, 


Death  Rates  per  1,000  Population  at  Specified  Ages. 


14.4 

16.2 

16.8 

18.2 

19.0 

19.4 

19.6 

19.8 

35,5 

46.9 

53.6 

57.8 

64.5 

68.1 

67.0 

68.1 

126  1 

162.6 

208.0 

190.1 

215.9 

223.6 

212.5 

191.3 

3.1 

3.7 

3.7 

5.3 

6.2 

6.6 

7.5 

8.5 

2  1 

2.4 

2.8 

2.9 

3.2 

3.6 

3.8 

3.8 

3.1 

3.4 

4.0 

4.8 

5.3 

6.3 

6.4 

6.6 

4  6 

5.2 

6.3 

7.0 

7.1 

8.4 

9.1 

9.5 

6.5 

7.4 

8.2 

8.8 

9.7 

10.4 

10.6 

10.3 

10  3 

11.0 

11.2 

12.0 

12.7 

13.4 

13.0 

11.7 

19  1 

19.9 

21.4 

21.3 

20.5 

20.4 

19.7 

17.9 

40.5 

43.1 

41.1 

41.0 

39.4 

37.5 

36.2 

33.9 

87.1 

79.2 

83.2 

85.8 

82.4 

76.0 

76.2 

73.1 

177.5 

191.3 

179.6 

197.8 

184.7 

174.2 

182.3 

184.0 

34,978 


12.823 
7.712 
1,603 
706 
1,287 

3,245 
2,743 
2.361 
2,336 
2,760 

2,959 

1,966 

189 


21.2 

74.0 
226.6 

9.8 
4.7 
7.7 

10.5 
11.3 
13.0 
18.3 
34.8 

71.1 
176.4 


Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


127 


Sp.^c^A 

Cent  of  Deaths  i  at 

Per  Cent  ob 

Deaths'  at 

ED  Ages 

—  Both  Sexes. 

Years. 

Specifi 

ED  Ages 

—  Both  Sexes. 

Years. 

Under 

Under 

20  to  29 

All 

Under 

Under 

20  to  29 

All 

1  year. 

5  years. 

years. 

others. 

1  year. 

5  years. 

years. 

others. 

1872 

.       .       .       24.0 

38.7 

10.8 

50.5 

1897,      .       .       . 

22.7 

32.3 

8.4 

59.3 

1873 

.       .       .       23.3 

36.5 

10.5 

53.0 

1898,       .       .       . 

23.3 

31.8 

8.6 

59.6 

1874 

.       .       .       23.5 

36.6 

9.9 

53.5 

1899.       .       .       . 

22.1 

31.1 

7.9 

61.0 

1875 

.       .       .       22.1 

36.8 

9.3 

53.9 

1900,       .       .       . 

22.5 

31.9 

7.6 

60.5 

1876 

.       .       .       20.2 

36.2 

9.1 

54.7 

1901,       .       .       . 

20.6 

28.9 

7.8 

63.3 

1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 

.       .       .       20.2 
.       .       .       19.7 
.       .       .       18.4 
.       .       .       20.3 
.       .       .       20.2 

35.6 
34.5 
31.9 
34.6 
32.8 

9.5 
9.0 
9.3 
9.3 
10.0 

54.9 
56.5 
58.8 
56.1 
57.2 

1902,  .       .       . 

1903,  .       .       . 

1904,  .       .       . 

1905,  .       .       . 

1906,  .       .       . 

21.2 
20.9 
20.6 
20.8 
21.9 

30.0 
29.2 
27.4 
27.8 
29.7 

7.6 
7.1 
7.4 
7.1 
6.5 

62.3 
63.7 
65.2 
65.1 
63.8 

1882 

.       .       .       20.2 

31.2 

10.2 

58.6 

1883 

.       .       .       19.9 

31.4 

10.0 

58.6 

1907,       .       .       . 

20.8 

27.5 

6.6 

66.0 

1884 

.       .       .       20.9 

32.3 

9.6 

58.1 

1908,       .       .       . 

22.4 

28.3 

6.3 

65.4 

1885 

.       .       .       20.0 

31.4 

9.2 

59.4 

1909.       .       .       . 

20.9 

27.9 

6.1 

66.0 

1886 

.       .       .       21.1 

31.6 

9.5 

58.9 

1910,       .       .       . 

21.1 

28.4 

6.1 

65.5 

1911,       .       .       . 

19.9 

26.4 

6.1 

67.5 

1887 

.       .       .       20.9 

32.3 

9.5 

58.2 

1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 

.       .       .       21.1 
.       .       .       21.8 
.       .       .       22.1 
.       .       .       22.5 

32.1 
32.7 
31.9 
31.6 

9.5 
9.3 
9.0 
8.5 

58.4 
58.1 
59.1 
60.0 

1912,  .       .       . 

1913,  .       .       . 

1914,  .       .       . 

1915,  .       .       . 

20.0 
18.9 
18.7 
17.9 

26.3 
25.8 
24.6 
24.3 

6.0 
6.0 
6.0 
6.1 

67.6 
68.2 
69.4 
69.7 

1892 

.       .       .       21.8 

31.2 

9.0 

59.8 

1916,       .       .       . 

l6.6 

23.2 

5.8 

71.0 

1893 

.       .       .       22.4 

32.5 

8.8 

58.7 

1894 

.       .       .       23.3 

33.6 

8.5 

57.9 

1917.       .       .       . 

16.5 

22.5 

5.9 

71.6 

1895 

.       .       .       22.2 

32.0 

8.6 

59.4 

1918,       .       .       . 

13.7 

21.0 

13.7 

65.3 

1896 

.       .       .       23.8 

33.7 

8.3 

57.9 

1919,       .       .       . 

14.8 

20.7 

7.3 

72.0 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


Table  41 

Age  Periods. 

Male  Deaths  per 

1,000  Female  Deaths  at 

Specified  Ages. 

Age  Periods. 

Male  Deaths  per 

1,000  Female  Deaths  at 

Specified  Ages. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

All  Ages. 

Under  1  year, 

1  year,  . 

2  years, 

3  years, 

4  years, 

5  to    9  years, 
10  to  14  years, 
15  to  19  years, 
20  to  24  years, 
25  to  29  years, 

30  to  34  years, 
35  to  39  years. 

1,018 

1,303 
1,123 
1,239 
1,265 
1,039 

1,227 
1,173 
1,137 

794 
888 

1,006 
1,122 

1,121 

1,303 
1,101 
975 
1,138 
1,093 

1,132 

914 
1,090 
1,085 
1,105 

1,321 

1,358 

1,097 

1,332 
1,264 
1,000 
1,119 
1,117 

1,192 
1.212 
1,088 
1,022 
1,188 

1,187 
1,233 

1,101 

1,316 
1,130 
1,164 
1,066 
1,148 

1,189 
1,213 
1,071 
1,123 
1,141 

1,171 
1,206 

40  t.o  44  years, 
45  to  49  years, 
50  to  54  years, 

55  to  59  years, 
60  to  64  years, 
65  to  69  years, 
70  to  74  years, 
75  to  79  years. 

80  to  84  years, 
85  to  89  years, 
90  to  94  years, 
95  to  99  years. 
100  years  and  ov( 

jr,    . 

1,109 
1,149 
1.126 

1,175 

1,017 

1.005 

923 

805 

675 
643 
537 
457 
312 

1,323 
1,302 
1,154 

1,206 

1,159 

1,043 

954 

851 

760 
640 
523 
453 
500 

1,360 
1.389 
1,224 

1,153 

1,087 

1.064 

938 

857 

741 
619 
499 
364 
526 

1.334 
1.227 
1,384 

1.291 

1.119 

1.051 

986 

795 

700 
689 
446 
523 
692 

128         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  42 

Deaths 

OF  Males  and  Females  at  Specified  Ages:  1910 

TO  1919. 

BOTH  sexes.       1 

males.            1 

females. 

Female 

Age  Periods  and  Years. 

deaths 

Per  cent 

Per  cent 

Per  cent 

per  1,000 

Number. 

distri- 

Number. 

distri- 

Number. 

distri- 

male 

bution. 

bution. 

i 

bution. 

deaths. 

All  Ages. 

1910,       

54,407 

100.0 

28,259 

100.0   ! 

26,148 

100.0 

925 

1911,       

53,062 

100.0 

27,526 

100.0    1 

25,536 

100.0 

928 

1912, 

52,400 

100.0 

27,027 

100.0 

25,373 

100.0 

939 

1913 

53,402 

100.0 

28,039 

100.0 

25,363 

100.0 

905 

1914 

52,978 

100.0 

27,569 

100.0 

25,409 

100.0 

922 

1915 

53,1312 

100.0 

27,335 

100.0 

25,792 

100.0 

943 

1916, 

56,3663 

100.0 

29,536 

100.0 

26,823 

100.0 

908 

1917, 

56,628* 

100.0 

29,622 

100.0      ; 

27,005 

100.0 

912 

1918 

78,842' 

100.0 

41,670 

100.0     ' 

37,163 

100.0 

892 

1919,       

52,345^ 

100.0 

26,407 

100.0    i 

25,930 

100.0 

982 

Under  1  Year. 

1 

1910 

11,499 

21.1 

6,458 

22.9     1 

5,041 

19.3 

781 

1911 

10,543 

19.1 

5,915 

21.5   ; 

4,628 

18.1 

782 

1912 

10,472 

20.0 

5,855 

21.7 

4,617 

18.2 

788 

1913 

10,086 

18.9 

5,786 

20.6    1 

4,300 

17.0 

743 

1914 

9,894 

18.7 

5,580 

20.2 

4,314 

16.9 

773 

1915 

9,490  7 

17.9 

5,334 

19.5 

4,153 

16.1 

779 

1916, 

9,334 

16.6 

5,303 

18.0 

4,031 

15.0 

760 

1917,       

9,325 

16.5 

5.326 

18.0    1 

3,999 

14.8 

751 

1918 

10,820  5 

13.7 

6,120 

14.7 

4,698 

12.6 

768 

1919 

7,769  3 

14.8 

4,395 

16.6 

3,373 

13.0 

767 

Under  5  Years. 

1910,       

15,433 

28.4 

8,585 

30.4 

&.848 

26.2 

798 

1911 

13,990 

26.4 

7,726 

28.1 

6,264 

24.5 

811 

1912 

13,805 

26.3 

7,611 

28.2 

6,194 

24.4 

813 

1913 

13.773 

25.8 

7,720 

27.5 

6,053 

23.9 

784 

1914 

13,025 

24.6 

7,213 

26.2 

5,812 

22.9 

806 

1915 

12,8917 

24.3 

7,096 

26.0 

5,792 

22.5 

816 

1916, 

13,099 

23.2 

7,300 

24.7 

5,799 

21.6 

794 

1917 

12,728 

22.5 

7,157 

24.2 

5,571 

20.6 

!          778 

1918 

16.5488 

21.0 

9,089 

21.8 

7,457 

20.0 

820 

1919 

10,813  5 

20.7 

6,031 

22.8 

4,781 

18.4 

793 

20  TO  29  Years. 

1910, 

3,329 

6.1 

1,762 

6.2 

1,567 

6.0 

889 

1911 

3.263 

6.2 

1,706 

6.2 

1,557 

6.1 

913 

1912 

3.157 

6.0 

1,615 

6.0 

.    1,542 

6.1 

955 

1913 

3.211 

6.0 

1,711 

6.1 

1,500 

5.9 

876 

1914 

3,169 

6.0 

1,660 

6.0 

1,509 

5.9 

909 

1915 

3,234 

6.1 

1,685 

6.2 

1,549 

6.0 

919 

1916 

3,265 

5.8 

1,734 

5.9 

1,531 

5.7 

883 

1917, 

3,347 

5.9 

1,760 

5.9 

1,587 

5.9 

902 

1918 

10,816 

13.7 

5,657 

13.6 

5,159 

13.9 

912 

1919 

3,797 

7.3 

1,741 

6.6 

2,056 

8.0 

1,181 

All  Other  Ages. 

1910 

35,645 

65.5 

17,912 

63.4 

17,733 

67.8 

990 

1911 

35,809 

67.5 

18,094 

65.7 

17,715 

69.4 

979 

1912 

35,438 

67.6 

17,801 

65.9 

17,637 

69.5 

991 

1913 

36,418 

68.2 

18,608 

66.4 

17.810 

70.2 

957 

1914,       .         .       ^         .         . 

36,784 

69.4 

18,696 

67.8 

18,088 

71.2 

967 

1915,       

37,0069 

69.7 

18,554 

67.9 

18,451 

71.6 

994 

1916, 

40,0023 

71.0 

20,502 

69.4 

19,493 

72.7 

951 

1917 

40,553* 

71.6 

20.705 

69.9 

19,847 

73.5 

959 

1918,       . 

51,4783 

65.3 

26.924 

64. & 

24,547 

66.1 

912 

1919,       

37,735  1" 

72.0 

18,635 

70.6 

19,093 

73.6 

1,024 

'  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 

~  Includes  4  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 

3  Includes  7  deaths,  sex  and  age  not  reported. 

*  Includes  1  death,  sex  and  age  not  reported. 

5  Includes  9  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 


•5  Includes  8  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 

7  Includes  3  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 

8  Includes  2  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 

9  Includes  1  death,  sex  not  reported. 

10  Includes  7  deaths,  sex  not  reported. 


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MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


129 


Table  43 


Age  at 
Death. 


Yrs.    Mos. 


113 
107 
105 
104 
104 
103 
103 
102 
102 
102 
101 
101 
101 
101 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 


;aths  of  Persons  100  Years  of  Age  and  Over:  1919. 


Sex. 


Place  of 
death. 


New  Bedford, 

Everett, 

Worcester, 

Dunstable,     . 

Holyoke, 

Peabody, 

Boston,  . 

Gloucester,    . 

Salem,    . 

Lowell,  . 

Worcester, 

Revere, 

Worcester, 

Plainville, 

Framingham, 

South  Hadley, 

New  Marlbor- 
ough. 
Boston,  . 

Yarmouth,     . 

Pittsfield, 

Bridgewater,  . 


Place  of  birth. 


St.  George,  Azores, 

Virginia, 

Russia, 

Hookset,  N.  H.,  . 

Ireland, 

Greece, 

Dinwiddie  County, 
Va. 

Salem, 

Ireland, 
Russia, 

Thompson,  Conn., 
England, 
Hubbardston, 
Wrentham,  . 
Nova  Scotia, 
West    Springfield, 
New  Marlborough, 
Boston, 
Nantucket,  . 
Ireland, 
Scotland, 


Marital 
condition. 


Date 

of 
death. 


Name  (and  maiden 

name  of  married  and 

widowed  women). 


Widow,  . 

Sept.  8 

Widow,  . 

Sept.16 

Married, 

July   7 

Widow.  . 

Feb.   4 

Widow,  . 

Mar.  16 

Married, 

Sept.  15 

Widow,  . 

Sept.  4 

Widow,  . 

Dec.  12 

Widow,  . 

Mar.  3 

Married, 

Mar.  12 

Single,    . 

Sept.15 

Widow,  . 

Mar.  11 

Widow,  . 

Nov.30 

Widow,  . 

Dec.  31 

Single,    . 

May  30 

Widow,  . 

Nov.lO 

Widower, 

Sept  .22 

Single,    . 

Jan.    9 

Widow,  . 

Apr.  12 

Widow,  . 

Mar.  29 

Widower, 

Nov.  18 

Rosa  Josepha   (m.  n.  not 

given). 
Cornelia  Boiling  (m.  n.  not 

given). 
Barnard  Cotton. 

Laura  Ann  (Davis),  m.  n, 

Rowell. 
Margaret   Scan  Ion    (m.   n. 

not  given). 
Athanassios  D.  Liacos. 

Mary  A.  B.  Harris  (m.  n. 

not  given). 
Nancy  Derby  Babson,  m. 

n.  Derby. 
Thomasina  Arnold,  m.  n. 

Byrne. 
Sophie   Maskavitz,    m.    n. 

Maskavitz. 
Lucinda  Towne. 

Caroline  Goss  (m.  n.  not 
given). 

Lydia  Childs,  m.  n.  Under- 
wood . 

Harriet  Shepard  Kings- 
bury, m.  n.  Merrifield. 

Joseph  O.  Rogers. 

Ruth   H.   Parsons,   m.   n. 

Barker. 
William  B.  Gibson. 

Elizabeth  B.  Thompson. 

Sarah  Sears,  m.  n.  Burdett. 

Mary  Mooney,  m.  n.  Galli- 

gar. 
Thomas  McNab. 


130 


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Table  44 

Deaths  of  Persons 

100  Years  of  Age  and 

Over: 

1881  TO  1919. 

SEX.             1 

NATIVITY.                  1 

MARITAL   CONDITION.               | 

Total. 

1 

Age  of 
oldest 
dece- 
dent. 

Years. 

Males. 

Fe- 
males. 

Native. 

For- 
eign. 

Un- 
known. 

Single. 

Mar- 
ried. 

Wid- 
owed. 

Un- 
known. 

1881-1919. 

714 

m 

511 

324 

383 

7 

50 

- 

- 

5 

124 

1881, 

21 

6 

15 

8 

10 

3 

1 

20 

_i 

_ 

109 

1882, 

27 

8 

19 

15 

12 

- 

2 

23 

-1 

2 

111 

1883, 

20 

4 

16 

5 

15 

_ 

2 

18 

-1 

- 

112 

1884, 

9 

1 

8 

4 

5 

- 

2 

7 

-1 

- 

105 

1885, 

16 

5 

11 

7 

9 

- 

2 

14 

-^ 

- 

110 

1886, 

21 

5 

16 

9 

12 

_ 

1 

20 

_i 

_ 

113 

1887. 

17 

2 

15 

8 

9 

- 

1 

15 

-1 

1 

111 

1888, 

26 

7 

19 

12 

14 

- 

2 

23 

-1 

1 

118 

1889, 

21 

7 

14 

6 

15 

- 

1 

20 

-1 

- 

105 

1890, 

25 

5 

20 

11 

14 

- 

~ 

24 

-^ 

1 

107 

1891, 

25 

8 

17 

6 

19 

_ 

1 

4 

20 

_ 

110 

1892, 

13 

4 

9 

3 

10 

- 

- 

4 

9 

- 

107 

1893. 

18 

7 

11 

8 

10 

- 

2 

3 

13 

- 

107 

1894, 

12 

1 

11 

7 

4 

1 

3 

- 

9 

- 

105 

1895, 

15 

4 

11 

4 

10 

1 

1 

2 

12 

- 

107 

1896. 

11 

1 

10 

6 

4 

1 

_ 

_ 

11 

_ 

109 

1897, 

19 

4 

15 

7 

12 

- 

2 

3 

14 

- 

124 

1898, 

17 

5 

12 

10 

7 

- 

1 

1 

15 

- 

102 

1899, 

21 

5 

16 

7 

14 

- 

3 

2 

16 

- 

106 

1900, 

19 

4 

15 

10 

9 

- 

- 

2 

17 

- 

110 

1901. 

9 

2 

7 

5 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

9 

_ 

106 

1902, 

20 

7 

13 

10 

10 

- 

1 

1 

18 

- 

111 

1903, 

19 

6 

13 

10 

9 

_ 

1 

- 

18 

- 

105 

1904, 

24 

6 

18 

15 

9 

- 

4 

1 

19 

- 

105 

1905, 

16 

6 

10 

5 

11 

- 

1 

2 

13 

- 

110 

1906, 

21 

•7 

14 

11 

10 

_ 

3 

_ 

18 

_ 

107 

1907. 

23 

6 

17 

11 

12 

- 

- 

1 

22 

_ 

112 

1908, 

22 

8 

14 

10 

12 

- 

2 

- 

20 

- 

106 

1909, 

13 

2 

11 

5 

7 

1 

1 

1 

11 

_ 

108 

1910. 

23 

9 

14 

12 

11 

- 

3 

2 

18 

- 

106 

1911, 

17 

8 

9 

8 

9 

_ 

1 

2 

14 

_ 

108 

1912, 

21 

6 

15 

12 

9 

- 

- 

- 

21 

- 

112 

1913, 

18 

4 

14 

10 

8 

- 

2 

- 

16 

_ 

104 

1914, 

20 

4 

16 

7 

13 

- 

- 

- 

20 

- 

113 

1915, 

25 

10 

15 

15 

10 

- 

- 

3 

22 

- 

105 

1916. 

21 

9 

12 

10 

11 

_ 

_ 

1 

20 

_ 

111 

1917, 

29 

10 

19 

15 

14 

- 

4 

2 

23 

- 

108 

1918, 

21 

7 

14 

9 

12 

- 

3 

_ 

18 

_ 

112 

1919, 

21 

5 

16 

11 

10 

~ 

3 

3 

15 

~ 

113 

1  Not  tabulated. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


131 


Table  45 

Deaths  by  Sex,  Age,  and  Marital  Condition:  1919. 

1 

O 

MALES. 

FEMALES. 

Age  at  Death. 

"3 

C 

in 

1 

1 

o 

1 

s 

c 

Si 

a 

1 

i 

c 

1 

1 

1 

s 

a 

G 

The  State. 

15  Years  and 
Over. 

39,724 

19,391 

4,552 

10,646 

3,828 

209 

156 

20,333 

3,959 

8,498 

7,694 

161 

21 

15  to  19  years,     . 

1,041 

554 

550 

3 

- 

1 

487 

442 

43 

2 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years,     . 

3,797 

1,741 

1,154 

541 

18 

2 

26 

2,056 

793 

1,218 

38 

5 

2 

30  to  39  years,     . 

4,448 

2,292 

868 

1,318 

65 

20 

21 

2,156 

433 

1,609 

96 

18 

- 

40  to  49  years,     . 

4,891 

2,595 

613 

1,755 

159 

43 

25 

2,296 

441 

1,537 

282 

31 

5 

50  to  59  years,     . 

5,902 

3,158 

534 

2,162 

373 

48 

41 

2,744 

460 

1,592 

650 

35 

7 

60  to  69  years,     . 

7,450 

3,745 

478 

2,411 

788 

46 

22 

3,705 

530 

1,499 

1,641 

32 

3 

70  to  79  years,     . 

7,355 

3,411 

262 

1,789 

1,308 

41 

11 

3,944 

509 

805 

2,603 

26 

1 

80  years  and  over, 

4,827 

1,886 

91 

666 

1,117 

9 

3 

2,941 

350 

193 

2,382 

14 

2 

Unknown  years. 

13 

9 

2 

1 

- 

_ 

6 

4 

1 

2 

- 

- 

1 

Boston-. 

15  Years  and 
Over. 

8,704 

4,340 

1,161 

2,376 

705 

46 

52 

4,364 

984 

1,837 

1,499 

36 

8 

15  to  19  years,     . 

201 

108 

107 

1 

- 

- 

93 

89 

4 

- 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years,     . 

930 

398 

288 

101 

5 

1 

3 

532 

212 

308 

10 

1 

1 

30  to  39  years,     . 

1,164 

605 

267 

315 

13 

3 

7 

559 

112         400 

39 

8 

- 

40  to  49  years,     . 

1,337 

738 

169 

497 

47 

14 

11 

599 

112  '       385 

1 

91 

8 

3 

50  to  59  years,     . 

1,483 

839 

141 

559 

111 

9 

19 

644 

131 

325 

179 

7 

2 

60  to  69  years,     . 

1,601 

837 

126 

514 

182 

7 

8 

764 

128 

262 

369 

4 

1 

70  to  79  years,     . 

1,302 

583 

50 

301 

222 

8 

2 

719 

117 

130 

467 

5 

- 

80  years  and  over. 

686 

232 

13 

88 

125 

4 

2 

454 

83 

23 

344 

3 

1 

Unknown  years. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

132 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  46 

Deaths,'  in  Counties  ane 

IN  Cities  having 

Over 

50,000  Inhabitants, 

BY  Months: 

1919. 

Counties  and 

Cities  having 

OVER  50,000 

o 

y 

1^ 

Inhabitants 
IN  1915 

1 

>i 

3 

Xi 

1 

"a 

1 

a 

J 

( Grouped  in  order 

o 

3 

^ 

1 

% 

>i 

6 

>. 

£? 

> 

8 

of  population). 

H 

^ 

a, 
< 

3 

3 

3 
< 

■i: 

o 

1 

Q 

The  State. 

52,345 

7,154 

5,210 

5226 

4,685 

4,211 

3,544 

3,610 

3,474 

3,398 

3,674 

3,716 

4,443 

Average    daily 
number     of 
deaths,     . 

i 

143.4 

230.8 

186.0 

168.6 

156.2 

135.8 

118.1 

116.5 

112.1 

113.3 

118.5 

123.9 

143.3 

Counties. 
Suffolk.       . 

12,715 

1,935 

1,247 

1,258 

1,160 

1,016 

834 

835 

777 

813 

892 

914 

1,034 

Middlesex,  . 

10,005 

1,406 

953 

99S 

866 

809 

678 

670 

694 

677 

720 

709 

825 

Essex, 

6,429 

866 

637 

656 

553 

523 

435 

418 

436 

439 

474 

452 

540 

Worcester,  . 

6,148 

872 

665 

634 

578 

508 

435 

427 

363 

390 

354 

403 

519 

Bristol, 

5,106 

635 

537 

499 

449 

399 

335 

377 

348 

328 

387 

382 

430 

Hampden, 

3,902 

421 

434 

409 

353 

305 

257 

311 

277 

251 

266 

255 

363 

Norfolk,      . 

2,389 

362 

237 

205 

190 

189 

186 

164 

164 

131 

187 

178 

196 

Plymouth, 

2,052 

239 

204 

180 

176 

168 

151 

142 

157 

147 

135 

150 

203 

Berkshire,  . 

1,465 

162 

119 

186 

164 

114 

89 

120 

102 

83 

93 

110 

123 

Hampshire, 

950 

130 

74 

93 

86 

77 

61 

59 

62 

56 

79 

78 

95 

Franklin,    . 

601 

71 

52 

58 

57 

48 

40 

43 

38 

36 

51 

43 

64 

Barnstable, 

449 

45 

40 

44 

43 

46 

33 

34 

35 

34 

28 

31 

36 

Dukes, 

76 

4 

5 

2 

6 

6 

7 

7 

12 

6 

7 

7 

7 

Nantucket, 

58 

6 

6 

4 

4 

3 

3 

3 

9 

7 

1 

4 

8 

Cities  over 

100,000. 

Boston, 

11,673 

1,782 

1,111 

1,151 

1,074 

943 

777 

772 

708 

744 

816 

840 

955 

Worcester,  . 

2,638 

374 

282 

288 

239 

199 

185 

200 

145 

160 

147 

181 

238 

Fall  River, 

1,730 

204 

188 

173 

155 

143 

117 

134 

126 

101 

118 

143 

128 

New  Bedford,     . 

1,626 

197 

159 

161 

144 

120 

103 

112 

112 

107 

147 

116 

148 

Cambridge, 

1,468 

219 

131 

131 

119 

128 

103 

104 

89 

107 

107 

114 

116 

Lowell, 

1,708 

232 

168 

162 

150 

147 

105 

112 

149 

112 

130 

106 

135 

Springfield, 

1,751 

193 

202 

192 

157 

142 

117 

158 

113 

99 

126 

103 

149 

Cities  50,000 
TO  100,000. 
Lynn, 

1,215 

166 

132 

132 

94 

105 

74 

70 

92 

75 

79 

86 

110 

LawTence,  . 

1,280 

212 

122 

113 

109 

92 

83 

83 

88 

84 

95 

87 

112 

Somerville, 

1,074 

166 

125 

108 

84 

90 

73 

63 

61 

55 

71 

85 

93 

Brockton,   . 

734 

88 

72 

57 

77 

58 

45 

43 

51 

57 

42 

61 

83 

Holyoke,     . 

838 

69 

97 

89 

62 

56 

59 

60 

74 

69 

59 

68 

76 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


133 


B.     Infant  Mortality 


Table  47 

Infant  Mortality: 

Infant  Mortality: 

1851  TO  1919. 

1851  to 

1919. 

DEATHS 

deaths 

Live 
births. 

UNDER    1   YEAR. 

Years. 

Live 
births. 

UNDER  1   YEAR. 

Years. 

Num- 

Per 

1,000 

Per 

cent  of 

Num- 

Per 
1,000 

Per 

cent  of 

ber. 

live 
births. 

total 
deaths. 

ber. 

live 
buths. 

total 
deaths. 

1851, 

28,661 

3,800 

132.5 

20.1 

1886, 

50,788 

7,848 

154.5 

21.1 

1852. 

29,802 

3,750 

125.8 

20.3 

1887, 

53,174 

8,514 

160.1 

20.9 

1853, 

30,920 

4,175 

135.0 

20.6 

1888, 

54,893 

8.870 

161.6 

21.1 

1854, 

31,997 

4,188 

130.9 

19.6 

1889, 

57,075 

9.105 

159.5 

21.8 

1855, 

32,845 

4,442 

135.2 

21.4 

1890, 

57,777 

9,625 

166.6. 

22.1 

1856, 

34,445 

4,226 

122.7 

20.4 

1891, 

m 

10,186 

161.7 

22.5 

1857, 

35,320 

4,160 

117.8 

19.5 

1892, 

10,649 

161.7 

21.8 

1858, 

34,491 

4,197 

121.7 

20.2 

1893, 

67,192 

10,990 

163.6 

22.4 

1859, 

35,422 

4,175 

130.0 

19.9 

1894, 

66,936 

10,899 

162.8 

23.3 

1860, 

36,051 

4,821 

133.7 

20.9 

1895, 

67,545 

10,564 

156.4 

22.2 

1861, 
1862, 
1863, 
1864, 
1865, 

35,445 
32,275 
30,314 
30,449 
30,249 

5,167 
4.216 
4,545 
4,693 
4,869 

145.8 
130.6 
149.9 
154.1 
147.2 

21.5 
18.4 
16.4 
16.3 
18.6 

1896, 
1897, 
1898, 
1899, 
1900, 

72,343 
73,205 
73,110 
70,457 
73,386 

11,765 
10,751 
11,012 
10,532 
11,500 

157.8 
146.9 
150.6 

149.5 
156.7 

23.8 
22.7 
23.3 
22.1 
22.5 

1866, 

34,085 

4,699 

137.9 

19.9 

1867, 

35,062 

4,763 

135.8 

20.9 

1901, 

71,976 

9,952 

138.3 

20.6 

1868, 

36,193 

5,421 

149.8 

21.2 

1902, 

72,219 

10,075 

139.5 

21.2 

1869, 

36,141 

5,368 

148.5 

20.6 

1903, 

73,584 

10.269 

138.3 

20.9 

1870, 

38,259 

6,206 

162.2 

22.7 

1904, 

75,014 

9,992 

133.2 

20.6 

1905, 

75,022 

10,519 

140.2 

20.8 

1871, 

39,791 

5,996 

150.7 

21.5 

1872, 

43,235 

8,390 

194.1 

24.0 

1906, 

80,237 

11,106 

138.4 

21.9 

1873, 

44,481 

7,911 

177.8 

23.3 

1907, 

85.001 

11,293 

132.9 

20.9 

1874, 

45,631 

7,489 

164.1 

23.5 

1908, 

86,911 

11,606 

133.5 

22.4 

1875, 

43,996 

7,712 

175.3 

22.0 

1909. 

84,039  ; 

10,693 

127.2 

20.9 

1910, 

86,539 

11,499 

132.9 

21.1 

1876, 

42,149 

6,700 

158.4 

20.2 

1877, 

41,850 

6,343 

151.5 

20.2 

1911, 

88,327 

10,543 

119.4 

19.9 

1878, 

41,238 

6,189 

150.1 

19.8 

1912, 

89,882 

10,472 

116.5 

20.0 

1879, 

40,295 

5,805 

145.2 

18.4 

1913, 

91,644 

10,086 

110.1 

18.9 

1880, 

44,217 

7,190 

162.6 

20.3 

1914, 

93,399 

9,894 

105.9 

18.7 

1915, 

93,155 

9,490 

101.9 

17.9 

1881, 

45,220 

7,389 

163.4 

20.3     ; 

1882, 

45,670 

7,438 

162.9 

20.2 

1916, 

93,487 

9,334 

99.8 

16.6 

1883, 

47,285 

7,511 

158.8 

19.9 

1917, 

95,731 

9,325 

97.4 

16.5 

1884, 

48,615 

7,735 

159.1 

20.9 

1918. 

95,607 

10,820 

113.2 

13.7 

1885, 

48,790 

7,626 

156.3 

20.0 

1919, 

87,827 

7,769 

88.5 

14.8 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


134         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  48 

In-f.-s-Nt  Deaths'  per 

1,000  Live  Births  in  M 

rNICIPALITIES 

HAVING  Over  15,000  Inhabitants  in 

1919:  1912  TO  1919. 

Municipalities 

(Grouped  in  order  of  population). 

1 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915.    1 

1914. 

1913. 

1912. 

The  State. 

88 

113 

97 

100 

102 

106 

110 

117 

Over  100,000. 

Boston, 

96 

115 

98 

104 

104 

103 

110 

117 

Worcester, 

93 

97 

95 

100 

93 

105 

105 

133 

Springfield, 

84 

108 

90 

94 

89 

95 

104 

102 

Fall  River, 

120 

181 

158 

174 

168 

161 

151 

151 

New  Bedford, 

122 

194 

1.35 

139 

143 

150 

143 

156 

Lowell 

123 

160 

140 

150 

156 

147 

151 

184 

Cambridge, 

70 

109 

74 

89 

93 

90 

98 

97 

50,000  TO  100,000. 

Lynn,        ...... 

66 

83 

79 

85 

80 

95 

82 

112 

Lawrence, 

103 

143 

122 

116 

138 

140 

128 

135 

Somerville, 

63 

96 

66 

67 

74 

70 

86 

78 

Brockton,          .         .         . 

78 

95 

65 

92 

102 

103 

98 

100 

Holyoke 

119 

145 

195 

198 

169 

178 

200 

163 

Haverhill, 

86 

78 

95 

89 

80 

99 

109 

120 

25,000  TO  50.000. 

Maiden, 

71 

79 

65 

66 

54 

95 

59 

84 

Quincy, 

Ne^vton,   ...... 

64 

90 

71 

72 

76 

75 

108 

82 

69 

73 

90 

62 

77 

58 

84 

76 

Chelsea, 

66 

76 

81 

78 

68 

73 

78 

70 

Salem, 

69 

119 

88 

102 

79 

103 

133 

121 

Pittsfield 

63 

82 

102 

74 

89 

102 

106 

100 

Fitchburg, 

69 

99 

75 

79 

29 

81 

111 

105 

Everett, 

61 

83 

54 

63 

70 

85 

104 

95 

Medford, 

68 

60 

70 

56 

74 

32 

59 

100 

Brookhne  (town),     .... 

56 

61 

62 

39 

52 

- 

- 

- 

Taunton, 

124 

130 

115 

156 

158 

123 

148 

171 

Chicopee,                             .         .      '  . 

120 

124 

111 

126 

138 

137 

138 

177 

Walt  ham, 

63 

103 

68 

37 

62 

56 

57 

87 

Revere, 

66 

81 

70 

39 

54 

- 

_ 

- 

15,C00  TO  25,000. 

Gloucester 

89 

94 

67 

109 

75 

80 

97 

109 

Beverly 

48 

70 

92 

71 

84 

68 

79 

50 

North  Adams,           .... 

88 

114 

80 

65 

69 

117 

76 

113 

Northampton,           .... 

64 

110 

86 

73 

90 

125 

95 

92 

Watertown  (town),  .... 

77 

75 

72 

75 

52 

- 

- 

- 

Attleboro 

81 

88 

84 

96 

78 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Leominster, 

86 

82 

51 

67 

84 

- 

- 

- 

Peabody 

81 

100 

89 

82 

81 

- 

- 

- 

Westfield  (town),      .... 

86 

106 

113 

80 

91 

- 

- 

- 

Melrose, 

57 

80 

62 

65 

74 

64 

59 

40 

Framingham  (town), 

72 

97 

70 

87 

108 

_ 

_ 

- 

Gardner  (town),        .... 

89 

123 

101 

87 

88 

- 

- 

- 

Woburn,             

73 

97 

79 

79 

90 

90 

117 

114 

Xewburyport,            .... 

77 

101 

49 

113 

78 

38 

58 

46 

Methuen, 

78 

90 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Marlborough, 

67 

90 

66 

70 

'       97 

74 

77 

114 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


135 


Table  49 

Birth  Rates 

Death  R. 

vTEs,  Natur.\l  Increase, 

Infant  Mortality 

R.\TEs,  AND  Survivorship,  in  M 

CNICIPALI- 

TIES 

H.WIXG  0 

vER  15,000  Inhabitants  in  1919: 

1919. 

MiTNICIPALITlES 

(Grouped  in  order  of  population). 

Births  1 
per  1,000 
popula- 
tion. 

Deaths' 
per  1,000 
popula- 
tion. 

Natural 
increase 
per  1,000 
popula- 
tion. 

Deaths' 

under 

1  year 

per  1.000 

bh-ths. ' 

survivors 

at  end  of  first 

year  of  life. 

Number. 

Per  1,000 
births.  1 

The  State. 

22.9 

13.6 

9.3 

88.5 

80,058 

912 

Over  100,000. 

Boston, 

25.1 

15.6 

9.5 

96.4 

16,985 

904 

Worcester, 

25.8 

14.8 

11.0 

92.6 

4,170 

907 

Sprfngfield, 

25.8 

13.8 

12.0 

84.1 

2,993 

916 

Fall  River, 

28.3 

14.3 

■     14.0 

119.8 

1         3,011 

880 

New  Bedford,        .... 

28.2 

13.6 

14.6 

122.2 

i         2,972 

878 

Lowell 

27.3 

15.2 

12.1 

123.3 

i         2,686 

877 

Cambridge, 

25.2 

13.4 

11.8 

70.3 

2,563 

930 

50,000  TO  100,000. 

Lynn, 

19.6 

12.3 

7.3 

66.1 

1,807 

934 

Lawrence, 

25.6 

13.6 

12.0 

103.4 

2,157 

897 

Somerville, 

20.4 

11.6 

8.8 

62.5 

1,770 

938 

Brockton,       

21.6 

11.1 

10.5 

78.0 

1,311 

992 

Holyoke, 

26.3 

13.9 

12.4 

119.3 

1,394 

880 

Haverhill, 

20.7 

13.2 

7.5 

85.7 

1,013 

914 

25,000  TO  50,000. 

Maiden 

20.8 

11.5 

9.3 

70.6 

947 

929 

Quincy, 

Newton, 

23.0 

9.6 

13.4 

63.5 

1         1,017 

936 

17.7 

10.8 

6.9 

69.1 

754 

931 

Chelsea, 

31.5 

15.9 

15.6 

66.0 

1,273 

934 

Salem, 

- 

- 

- 

69.3 

1,006 

931 

Pittsfield, 

24.7 

13.5 

11.2 

63.4 

!            960 

937 

Fitchburg, 

26.3 

11.1 

15.2 

68.8 

1         1,001 

931 

Everett, 

21.4 

9.6 

11.8 

60.8 

802 

939 

Medford, 

19.8 

10.7 

9.1 

67.5 

704 

932 

Brookline  (town), 

8.1 

11.1 

3.02 

56.2 

285 

944 

Taunton, 

25.0 

20.5 

4.5 

124.1 

811 

876 

Chicopee, 

28.8 

10.8 

18.0 

119.8 

903 

880 

Walt  ham, 

20.8 

11.6 

9.2 

62.5 

600 

938 

Revere, 

21.3 

7.5 

13.8 

65.8 

567 

934 

15,000  TO  25,000. 

Gloucester, 

19.9 

13.8 

6.1 

88.8 

420 

911 

Beverly 

19.4 

10.7 

8.7 

47.9 

417 

952 

North  Adams,       .... 

19.9 

14.0 

5.9 

88.2 

403 

912 

Northampton,        .... 

20.8 

19.1 

1.7 

63.7 

426 

936 

Watertown  (town), 

21.1 

7.5 

13.6 

76.9 

408 

823 

Attleboro 

22.1 

12.7 

9.4 

80.6 

399 

919 

Leominster, 

22.6 

12.0 

10.6 

86.1 

403 

914 

Peabody 

29.8 

12.1 

17.7 

81.1 

532 

919 

West  field  (town),  .... 

27.6 

15.0 

12.6 

85.9 

468 

914 

Meh-ose 

21.5 

11.9 

9.6 

56.5 

367 

943 

Framingham  (town),     . 

26.4 

15.2 

11.2 

71.5 

415 

928 

Gardner  (town),    .... 

23.2 

12.8 

10.4 

89.0 

358 

911 

Woburn, 

21.6 

12.4 

9.2 

72.6 

332 

927 

Newburyport,        .... 

25.0 

17.3 

7.7 

77.1 

359 

923 

Methuen 

22.0 

13.1 

8.9 

78.3 

306 

922 

Marlborough,          .... 

23.9 

12.6 

11.3 

66.6 

336 

933 

Exclusive  of  stilHiirths. 


Decrease. 


136 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  50 

In 

F.-vNT  Mortality  ix  Massachusetts,  Boston,  and  the  Remainder 
OF  the  State  outside  Boston:  1910  to  1919. 

Massachusetts. 

Boston, 

Remainder  of  State 
outside  Boston. 

Ye.\rs. 

Live 
births. 

DEATHS  under 
1    YEAR. 

Live 
births. 

DEATHS  UNDER 
1   TEAR. 

Live 
births. 

"deaths  under 
1  year. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 

1,000  live 
births. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 

1,000  live 
births. 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 

1,000  live 
births. 

1910, 
1911, 
1912, 
1913, 
1914, 

1915, 
1916, 
1917, 
1918, 
1919. 

86,539 
88,327 
89,882 
91,644 
93,399 

93,155 
93,487 
95,731 
95,607 
87,827 

11,499 
10,543 
10,472 
10,086 
9,894 

9,490 
9,334 
9,325 
10,820 
7,769 

132.9 
119.4 
116.5 
110.1 
105.9 

101.9 
99.8 
97.4 

113.2 

88.5 

17.672 
17,844 
18,745 
19,101 
19,467 

19,713 

19,604 

19,950 

1     20,092 

!     18,798 

2,252 
2,242 
2,192 
2,109 
2.011 

2,047 
2,046 
1,965 
2,304 
1,814 

127.4 
125.6 
116.9 
110.4 
105.2 

103.8 
104.4 

98.5 
114.7 

96.5 

68,867 
70,483 
71,137 
72,543 
73,932 

73,442 
73,883 
75,781 
75,515 
69,029 

9.247 
8,301 
8,280 

7,977 
7,883 

7,443 
7.288 
7,360 
8,516 
5,955 

134.3 
117.8 
116.4 
110.0 
106.6 

101.3 
98.6 
97.1 

112.8 
86.3 

Table  51 

Survivors  at  End  of 

Survivors  at  End  of 

First  Year  of  Life. 

Years. 

First  Year  of  Life. 

Years. 

Per 

Per 

Per 

Per 

1,000  popu- 

1,000 live 

1,000  popu- 

1.000 live 

lation. 

births. 

lation. 

births. 

1851 

24.3 

867 

1886 

21.5 

845 

1852 

24.9 

874 

1887,          .... 

21.7 

840 

1853 

24.9 

865 

1888 

21.8 

838 

1854 

25.2 

869 

1889 

22.0 

840 

1855 

25.1 

865 

1890,          .... 

21.5 

833 

1856 

26.2 

877 

1891,          .... 

23.1 

838 

1857 

26.6 

882 

1892 

23.6 

838 

1858,          .... 

25.4 

878 

1893,          .... 

23.5 

834 

1859 

25.8 

870 

1894,          .... 

22.9 

833 

1860 

25.4 

866 

1895,          .... 

22.8 

844 

1861,          .... 

1862 

1863 

1864 

1865 

24.5 
22.5 
20.5 
20.4 
20.0 

854 
869 
850 
846 
853 

1896 

1897,          .... 

1898 

1899 

1900.          .... 

23.7 
23.9 
23.2 
21.9 
22.1 

842 
853 
849 
850 
843 

1866,         .... 

22.6 

862 

1 

1867,          .... 

22.7 

864 

1    1901 

21.8 

862 

1868 

22.3 

860 

!    1902 

21.5 

860 

1869 

21.7 

851 

1903.           .... 

21.6 

862 

1870 

22.0 

838 

;    1904.           .... 

21.9 

867 

1905 

21.4 

860 

1871 

22.6 

849 

18T2 

22.7 

806 

1906 

22.3 

862 

1873 

23.3 

822 

!    1907 

23.3 

867 

1874,          .... 

23.7 

836 

1908.           .... 

23.3 

866 

1875,          .... 

22.0 

825 

1909,          .... 

22.2 

873 

1910 

22.2 

867 

1876,          .... 

21.1 

842 

1877 

20.8 

848 

1911 

22.6 

881 

1878 

20.3 

850 

1912,          .         .•       . 

22.6 

883 

1879 

19.6 

855 

1913,          .         .         .         . 

22.8 

890 

1880,          .... 

20.8 

837 

1914,          .... 

22.9 

894 

1915 

22.7 

898 

1881 

20.9 

837 

1882,          .... 

20.7 

837 

1916,          .... 

22.3 

900 

1883 

21.2 

841 

1917 

22.5 

903 

1884,          .... 

21.4 

841 

1918 

21.7 

887 

1885,          .... 

21.2 

843 

1919 

20.9 

911 

No.  1.) 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


137 


De- 

Table 52 

Ln'fant 

Deaths  per  1,000  Li 

vE  Births,  b\ 

tailed 

Causes:  1912  to  1919. 

Int. 

Causes. 

List. 
No. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915. 

1914. 

1913. 

1912. 

All  Causes. 

88.5 

113.2 

97.4 

99.8 

101.9 

105.9 

110.1 

116.5 

Developmental      and      wasting 
diseases,*        .         .         .         . 

31.1 

35.0 

31.5 

33.1 

37.6 

40.3 

41.0 

44.6 

151a 

Premature  birth,*     .' 

16.3 

19.2 

17.5 

17.9 

25.5 

31.8 

- 

150 

Congenital  malformations, 

7.9 

7.4 

6.4 

6.9 

7.1 

6.0 

6.2 

6.7 

1516 

Congenital  debility,  etc.,* 

6.9 

8.4 

7.6 

8.3 

5.0 

2.5 

- 

- 

104 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis,* 

15.0 

24.2 

22.7 

22.4 

23.6 

26.9 

28.3 

31.0 

91 

Broncho-pneumonia,* 

10.4 

12.8 

8.5 

10.7 

11.5 

15.6 

11.8 

9.6 

92a 

Lobar  pneumonia,* 

2.0 

3.6 

4.2 

3.9 

3.6 

3.2 

2.8 

2.0 

71 

Convulsions,         .... 

.8 

.7 

.9 

1.3 

1.7 

2.1 

1.7 

2.3 

89.   90 

Bronchitis,*           .         .         .         . 

3.0 

3.7 

2.5 

2.8 

2.9 

2.6 

2.9 

3.2 

8 

Whooping  cough,* 

2.2 

3.5 

1.6 

2.2 

1.8 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

61 

Meningitis,   .         .         .         .         . 

1.0 

1.2 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.5 

1.8 

2.1 

30 

Tuberculous  meningitis, 

.8 

.8 

.9 

1.1 

1.1 

1.0 

1.3 

1.1 

37 

Syphilis, 

.9 

.8 

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9 

926 

Pneumonia,  undefined. 

.1 

.4 

.3 

.5 

.8 

1.2 

1.5 

5.1 

63a 

Acute  anterior  poliomyelitis. 

- 

.1 

.1 

.5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

All  other  causes, 

21.2 

26.4 

22.0 

19.1 

14.6 

8.9 

14.4 

13.0 

138 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  53 

Deaths  under  2  Ye.\rs  of  Age  from  Diarrhea  and 

Enteritis  (104),*  by  Months 

1912  to  1919. 

Months. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915. 

1914. 

1913. 

1912. 

The  Year. 

1,493 

2,646 

2,502 

2,391 

2,532 

2,843 

2,958 

3,180 

January, 

88 

92 

88 

91 

69 

79 

97 

55 

February,          

65 

73 

83 

68 

74 

90 

87 

61 

March, 

80 

91 

79 

84 

70 

•86 

90 

96 

April, 

68 

82 

90 

77 

78 

102 

109 

99 

May, 

71 

95 

103 

101 

66 

108 

88 

99 

June,         ...... 

82 

162 

108 

69 

90 

135 

141 

135 

July 

189 

506 

249 

261 

303 

362 

493 

638 

August, 

305 

612 

633 

640 

629 

679 

771 

771 

September, 

•      220 

472 

537 

511 

604 

612 

595 

648 

October 

155 

240 

301 

259 

326 

345 

291 

355 

November, 

80 

143 

134 

130 

126 

162 

117 

141 

December, 

90 

78 

97 

100 

97 

83 

79 

82 

Per  Cent  Distribution. 

The  Year. 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

January 

5.9 

3.5 

3.5 

3.8 

2.7 

2.8 

3.3 

1.7 

February,          

4.3 

2.8 

3.3 

2.8 

2.9 

3.2 

2.9 

1.9 

March, 

5.4 

3.4 

3.2 

3.5 

2.8 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

April, 

4.5 

3.1 

3.6 

3.2 

3.1 

3.6 

3.7 

3.1 

May, 

4.8 

3.6 

4.1 

4.2 

2.6 

3.8 

3.0 

3.1 

June, 

5.5 

6.1 

4.3 

2.9 

3.5 

4.8 

4.8 

4.2 

July, 

12.7 

19.1 

9.9 

10.9 

12.0 

12.7 

16.7 

20.1 

August 

20.4 

23.1 

25.3 

26.8 

24.8 

23.9 

26.1 

•     24.3 

September, 

14.7 

17.8 

21.5 

21.4 

23.9 

21.5 

20.1 

20.4 

October, 

10.4 

9.1 

12.0 

10.8 

12.9 

12.1 

9.8 

11.2 

November,        ..... 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.4 

5.0 

5.7 

3.9 

4.4 

December, 

6.0 

3.0 

3.9 

4.2 

3.8 

2.9 

2.7 

2.6 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


139 


Table  54 

Deaths 

I  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 

FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants 

or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

'o 

H 

«•» 

to 

o> 

d 

6 

c^ 

N 

««» 

a 

c3 

03 

i 

2 

l_^ 

c 

c 

S 

S 

a 

45 

43 

43 

43 

i5 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

i 

^ 

1 

i 

c3 

1 

-5 

1 

C3 
1 

1 

i 

i 

a 

Ji 

lH 

^ 

iH 

-ki 

3 

3 

^ 

= 

1 

3 
42 

3 
J3 

t3 

1. 

3 

JH 

c 

J? 

43 

1 

% 

TS 

"^  a) 

■+J 

>>! 

>. 

>> 

-*J 

§ 
^ 

"S 

S 

C 

a 

i 
-< 

1 

r 

^ 

^4 

to 

J 

N 

CO 

I 

o 

s 

1 

O 

a 

O 

a 

o 

a 

0> 

The  State. 

T 

!          1       1       1       1          III!          1 
7,769  1,251  429  291  593  2,564  461  341  269  3,635  663 

512  1,257 

944 

758 

M 

4,395 

718;244:I60  354  1,476  248183  160  2,067i390,294 

727 

530 

387 

F 

U 

3,373 

1 

533 

185 

131 

239 

1,088 

213 

158 

109 

1,568 

273 

218 

530 

414 

370 
1 

5 

Measles 

M 

27 

_ 

~ 

_ 

3 

1 

4 

6 

13 

F 

18 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

7 

Q 

6 

Scarlet  fever,      . 

M 
F 

1 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

3 

1 

1 

7 

Whooping  cough, 

M 

88 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

_ 

1 

15 

7 

20 

20 

25 

F 

101 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

2 

2     9 

7 

28 

25 

30 

8 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

M 

F 

16 
11 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

4 

\ 

6 
5 

9 

Influenza 

M 

120 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

7 

2 

4 

14 

9 

4 

28 

39 

26 

F 

90 

- 

1 

- 

1 

2 

1 

3 

2 

8 

6 

7 

20 

23 

26 

12 

Dysentery, 

M 
F 
M 

2 

1 

18 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

12 

Erysipelas, 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

2 

6 

7 

1 

3 

1 

1 

I 

F 

18 

- 

- 

- 

■  - 

_ 

_ 

2 

2 

4 

7 

2 

3 

1 

1 

37 

Tetanus,      .... 

M 
F 

2 
1 

: 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

1 

1 

13 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

M 

25 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

1 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

2 

3 

8 

10 

F 

25 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

7 

5 

g 

14 

Tuberculous  meningitis,     . 

M 

43 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

2 

1 

15 

14 

11 

F 

31 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

1 

3 

6 

5 

15 

15 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

M 
F 

9 
6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

3 
1 

2 

2 
2 

37 

Syphilis,     .... 

M 

44 

1 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

4 

2 

10 

10 

6 

7 

8 

3 

F 

32 

1 

_ 

] 

3 

5 

3 

3 

2 

13 

5 

3 

8 

1 

2 

17 

Meningitis, 

M 

51 

- 

- 

- 

3 

3 

2 

2 

7 

1 

5 

17 

13 

8 

F 

38 

— 

_ 

_ 

— 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

2 

3 

1 

10 

12 

10 

37 

Convulsions, 

M 

40 

- 

- 

4 

4 

8 

2 

1 

3 

14 

1 

7 

9 

5 

4 

F 

27 

_ 

1 

1 

5 

7 

1 

5 

1 

14 

2 

4 

3 

4 

19 

Organic     diseases    of    the 

M 

13 

1 

2 

1 

2 

6 

1 

7 

1 

_ 

1 

3 

1 

heart. 

F 

4 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

2 

20 

Acute  Bronchitis, 

M 

158 

- 

- 

1 

3 

4 

7 

6 

8 

25 

18 

15 

51 

33 

Ifi 

F 

101 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

2 

4 

2 

8 

13 

10 

27 

23;      20 

22 

Pneumonia, 

M 

106 

2 

- 

1 

2 

5 

2 

3 

10 

9 

8 

30 

29i      20 

F 

78 

- 

- 

_ 

2 

2 

5 

_ 

6 

13 

5 

4 

19 

19       18 

23 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

M 

512 

- 

- 

1 

10 

11 

15 

17 

15 

58 

64 

47 

131 

119 

93 

F 

405 

- 

1 

2 

6 

9 

14 

14 

17 

54 

32 

39 

98 

92 

90 

24 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

M 

69 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

5 

6 

13 

11 

8 

22 

10 

5 

F 

49 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

3i     1 

6 

7 

12 

g 

10 

(^ 

25 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

M 

712 

- 

- 

7 

21 

25 

34 

87 

93 

84 

227 

1431       78 

F 

601 

_ 

_ 

1 

6 

18 

25!  21 

70 

82 

73 

188 

116 

72 

33 

Malformations,   . 

M 

373 

56 

35 

37 

71 

199'  37 

26[  16 

278 

28 

18 

32 

11 

6 

F 

323 

70 

25:  28 

47 

1701  40 

27   12 

249 

18 

10 

24 

14 

8 

33 

Premature  birth, 

M 

819 

416119   481  78 

661i  54|  42'  24 

781 

23 

9 

5 

1 

F 

616 

:     284  lOi:  52   58 

4951  51 

31    11 

588 

19 

6 

1 

1 

33 
37 

>  Congenital  debility,          | 

M 
F 

344 
258 

30 
23 

22,  18   40 
1  13'  11    29 

llOi  39 

76|  31 

22   20 
23;  19 

191 
149 

53 
39 

40 

24 

40 
31 

15 
11 

5 

4 

37 

Injuries  at  birth. 

M 

222 

107 

1  25!  26i  40 

198!  15 

41     - 

217 

2 

1 

2 

F 

149 

73 

23    12 

27 

135l  10 

2 

1 

148 

1 

_ 

_ 

35 

External  causes. 

M 

47 

5 

1 

- 

3 

9 

_ 

1 

6 

16 

4 

5 

10 

4 

8 

F 

29 

3 

] 

2 

1 

7 

2 

2 

2 

13 

3 

8 

3 

2 

38 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 

M 

40 

6 

1 

1 

5 

13 

1 

14 

6 

6 

8 

1 

5 

known. 

F 
U 
M 

28 

7 

- 

- 

- 

7 

2 

1 

10 

3 

2 

5 

5 

3 

All  other  causes. 

49^ 

94 

39 

22 

82 

237 

37 

20 

17 

311 

27 

20 

55 

40 

1 
41 

F 

329 

72 

19  n 

54 

164 

28!  13     7 

212 

_!! 

8 

31 

29       30 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


140         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  54 

Deaths 

1  FROM  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of 

Life,  for  the  State  and 

FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

2 

J3 

eo 

u> 

o> 

04 

o 

►7- 

Tt 

t^ 

M 

iH 

c 

^ 

c 

c3 

c3 

% 

Cause  of  Death. 

j_ 

c 

c 

o3 

c 

JZ 

Si 

Si 

Si 

4; 

43 

'^ 

3 

^ 

1 

M 
?> 

^ 

S^ 

O 

% 

1 

1 

i 

-tJ 

03 

TS 

^ 

«  t 

S. 

'd 

-tj 

3 

3 

3 

3 

hH 

^-* 

-M 

3 

3 
j2 

r^ 

J3 

ja 

pQ 

Si 

_ 

s 

g 

3 

a 

Xi 

a 

m 

m 

CO 

05 

?n 

o3 

Xi 

-C 

Si 

Si 

-fl 

i? 
1 

i 

3a 

i 

>> 

^ 

4 

'a 

i 

1 

M 
^ 
^ 

1 

Si 

i 

§ 

a 

§ 

a 

§ 

a 

C 
o 

a 

t 

o 

a 

< 

M 

H 

h-i 

-• 

c* 

ev» 

^ 

-^ 

CJ 

W 

a 

^ 

04 

CO 

<o 

o» 

Boston. 

T 

1,814 

290 

109 

63    125 

587 

122 

68 

67 

844 

157 

131 

277 

205 

200 

M 

1,009 

151 

57 

34 

63 

305 

65 

40 

39 

449 

96 

74 

168 

114 

108 

1-' 

805 

139 

52 

29 

62 

282 

57 

28 

28 

395 

61 

57 

109 

91 

92 

5 

Measles,       .... 

M 
F 
M 

4 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

■ 

1 

3 

6 

Scarlet  fever, 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

F 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

1 

7 

Whooping  cough, 

M 

15 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

- 

3 

5 

V 

18 

- 

- 

-       - 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

4 

6 

8 

Diphtheria  and  croup, 

M 
F 

2 
6 

- 

- 

Zi    I 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

1 
2 

1 
3 

9 

Influenza 

M 

22 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

2 

2 

- 

7 

8 

3 

K 

15 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

3 

5 

5 

12 

Dysentery, 

M 
F 
M 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

12 

Erysipelas, 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

1 

1 

3 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1^' 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

-" 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

- 

1 

- 

_ 

37 

Tetanus 

M 
F 
M 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

13 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

2 

4 

4 

h' 

13 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

— 

1 

3 

1 

7 

14 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

M 
F 

12 
11 

- 

- 

- 

1 

I 

1 

- 

2 

1 

1 

3 
2 

4 

1 

2 

7 

15 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

M 
F 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

37 

Syphilis 

M 

20 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

2 

5 

3 

2 

5 

3 

2 

K 

5 

1 

- 

- 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

17 

Meningitis, 

M 

F 

13 
11 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

7 
2 

5 

2 
2 

37 

Convulsions, 

M 
F 

5 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

19 

Organic     diseases     of    the 
heart. 

M 

F 

6 

1 

2 

- 

1 

4 

- 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

20 

Acute  bronchitis. 

M 

25 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

6 

3 

2 

E 

- 

5 

F 

18 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

3 

2 

9 

2 

- 

22 

Pneumonia, 

M 

31 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

'i 

8 

6 

10 

F 

31 

_ 

- 

_ 

2 

2 

3 

_ 

3 

8,       2 

- 

7 

7 

7 

23 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

M 

128 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

4 

4 

12,     16 

9 

29 

29 

33 

F 

107 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

1 

5 

7 

17       7 
2       4 

11 

25 

23 

24 

24 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

M 

28 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

16 

4 

- 

F 

11 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

-       3 

4 

3 

1 

- 

25 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

M 

133 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

8 

5 

16'     15 

22 

35 

27 

18 

F 

103 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

8 

15 

17 

29 

21 

13 

33 

Malformations,   . 

M 

99 

15 

11 

11 

16 

53 

15 

4 

5 

77 

fi 

6 

6 

1 

1 

F 

7ft 

20 

4 

8 

14 

46 

11 

4 

2 

63 

4 

3 

3 

2 

33 

Prematvire  birth, 

M 

170 

81 

25 

9 

18 

133 

14 

8 

6 

161 

5 

3 

- 

1 

- 

F 

149 

68 

32 

11 

12 

123 

fl 

5 

1 

138 

6 

3 

1 

1 

- 

33 
37 

>  Congenital  debility,          | 

M 
F 

63 
46 

3 

3 
3 

- 

3 
3 

9 
7 

11 
9 

3 
6 

4 
4 

27 
26 

13 
10 

12 

7 

8 
2 

3 

1 

37 

Injuries  at  birth, 

M 

57 

31 

6 

7 

8 

52 

1 

2 

- 

55 

1 

1 

- 

- 

F 

49 

26 

7 

3 

6 

42 

4 

2 

- 

48 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

35 

External  causes, 

M 

9 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

2 

3 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

F 

5 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

2 

- 

- 

2 

- 

1 

38 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 

M 

7 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

2 

1 

3 

_ 

1 

known. 

F 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

- 

All  other  causes, 

M 

141 

19 

IC 

6 

14 

4£ 

11 

7 

4 

71 

6 

5 

23 

IE 

17 

F 

115 

21 

5 

6 

21 

53 

14 

3 

71 

7 

3 

10 

11 

13 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1 


:\IORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


141 


Table  54 

Cause  of  De.a.th. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

op  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919, 

6 
% 

i 

< 

o 

u 

% 
3 

CO 

% 

1 

1 

>> 

4 

i 

1 

1 
Xi 

1 

04 

1 

c 

03 

1 

Xi 

a 
x: 

1 

1 
2 

a 

Xi 

1 

Xi 
CO 

1 

a 

a 

Xi 

1 

1 

1 

Xi 

1 
B 

yt 

5 

1 

1 

x: 

§ 
6 

c 
a 
x: 

i 

1 

to 
X 

CO 

1 

o 

% 
X 

Xi 
1 

a 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Brockton. 

Measles,       .... 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,    .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus,      .... 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis,      .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart . 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

\  Congenital  debility,          \ 
Injuries  at  birth, 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes. 

T 
M 

F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

111 

67 
44 

2 
1 

- 

1 
1 
2 
2 

1 

1 

1 

3 
2 

6 
5 
4 
4 
22 
13 
11 
7 
4 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
7 
5 

17 
11 
6 

_ 
- 

8 
3 

1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

14 
9 
5 

2 

i       ^ 

i 
2 

11 

5 

6 

1 

2 

1 
2 

1 

1 
2 

11 

7 
4 

1 

53 
32 
21 

3 
3 

17 
9 
4 
4 
4 
1 

1 
1 
3 
3 

8 
5 
3 

~ 
1 

1 

1 
2 
2 

1 

6 
4 
2 

1 

3 

1 
1 

2 

2 

1 

69 
43 
26 

1 

1 
1 
3 
3 

22 
12 
8 
4 
4 
1 

1 
1 

11 

7 
4 

1 

3 

2 

1 

1 
1 

2 

- 

5 
2 
3 

1 
1 

1 

1 

14 

8 
6 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 
2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

9 
5 
4 

1 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

3 
2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

I  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


142         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

i 

.2 

1-4 

c 

1 

< 

1 

1 

O 

•a 
a 

m 

4 

a 

1 

i 
4 
M 

i 

J 

1 

13 

CO 

i 

1 

C 

i 

C 

i 

1 

C4 

1 

s 

s 
1 

CO 

1 

c 

i 

s 

eo 

1 

1 

S 

c 

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1 

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3 

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i 

at 

1 

1 

£ 

1 

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1 

S 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Cambridge. 

Measles 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

Syphilis 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

>  Congenital  debility,          I 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes. 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

194 
111 
83 

2 
3 

3 

1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 

2 

16 
9 

1 

16 

12 

5 

13 

28 
18 
8 
8 
8 
2 
1 
4 

14 

8 

43 
23 
20 

1 
5 
15 

8 

2 
5 
2 

2 
3 

13 
11 
2 

_ 

6 
2 

! 

2 

8 
4 
4 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

13 
8 
5 

1 
1 

2 

1 

6 

1 

77 
46 
31 

2 

1 

3 
7 
21 
13 
3 
2 
8 
2 

2 
S 

12 
6 
6 

1 

1 

1 

2 
3 

1 
2 

6 
6 

2 
1 
2 

8 
3 
5 

1 

1 
2 
2 

1 

103 
55 

48 

_ 
_ 

- 

I 
2 
1 
1 

2 
2 

1 

2 

5 

11 

23 

17 

4 

6 

8 

2 

2 

18 
12 
6 

1 

1 

2 

1 

3 
2 

1 
2 
1 
2 

1 

8 
5 
3 

1 

1 

1 

2 
1 

1 
1 

32 
21 
11 

1 

1 
1 

2 

5 
2 

5 

5 

3 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 

14 
9 
5 

; 

: 

1 
1 

2 

1 

4 

1 

1 
2 

19 
9 
10 

: 
1 

2 
1 

1 
1 

4 
4 

1 

2 

1 
1 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


INIORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


143 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inh.ibitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

1 

■a 
1 

< 

1 

1 

-a 
a 

« 

.£3 

1 

1 

i 

CM 

i 

•s 

1 
1 

CO 

1 

1 

13 

1 

eo 

a 
.1 

1 

c 

1 

CO 

a 

ea 

i 

3 
-Q 

§ 

a 

to 

a 

1 
1 

3 
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CO 

§ 

a 

C4 

§ 

1 

3 
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c 
o 

a 

eo 

c 

1 

3 

3 
O 

a 

a 

1 

3 

C  ' 
O 

a 
0> 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Fall  River. 

Measles 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough, 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

Syphilis,     .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic     diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis, 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis. 

Malformations,   . 

Premature  birth, 

>  Congenital  debility,           ■/ 
Injuries  at  birth, 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes, 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

410 
235 
175 

11 
3 

2 
3 
3 
1 
4 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

2 
1 

1 

1 

19 

13 

5 

2 

25 

21 

3 

4 

66 

62 

13 

15 

28 

15 

13 

7 

10 
6 
3 

6 
3 
16 

8 

48 
29 
19 

I 
_ 

4 
5 
17 

8 

1 
5 
3 

2 
3 

16 
10 
6 

I 

2 
1 
5 
4 

1 
1 

2 

5 

4 

1 

3 

1 

1 

18 
12 
6 

I 
I 

: 
1 
! 

1 

2 
1 

1 

! 

2 

1 

: 

87 
55 
32 

: 

_ 

I 
: 

2 

7 
8 
26 
14 
2 

9 
5 

2 
9 

1 

27 
12 
15 

1 

2 

2 
4 
3 
4 
4 
1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
2 

12 

7 
5 

I 
I 

: 

_ 

; 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

I 

7 

• 

I 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

133 
76 
57 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

3 

9 

6 

11 

14 

28 

14 

4 

3 

9 

6 

1 

2 
11 
5 

41 
16 
25 

1 

"  1 

3 

1 

1 
1 

1 

5 
17 

1 

1 
3 
3 

1 

- 
1 

34 
19 
15 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 

2 
5 

1 

8 
6 

1 

1 

3 

ss 

60 

28 

3 

1 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 

3 
2 

1 

7 
5 

29 
17 

1 
1 

4 
1 
2 
2 

2 

1 

57 
34 
23 

4 
1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

6 
5 
3 

1 
7 
4 

9 

7 

1 

1 

1 
1 

57 
30 

27 

2 
2 

1 
1 
1 
2 
2 

: 

1 

1 

2 
1 
1 

t 

1 
1 
7 
4 

1 
6 
9 

1 
2 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


144         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Cert.un  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

6 
Z 

.1 

1 
< 

Sex. 

Total  deaths  under  1  year  of 
age. 

4 

a 

CB 

>> 

CI 

3 

1 

Si 

1 

CO 

1 

C>4 

a 

i 

i 

G 

1 

CI 

a 

J 

1 
1 

CO 

C) 

C 
cS 

J 
C 

o 

a 

eo 

C 
ci 

1 

05 

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1 
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1 

1 

s 

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c 

i 

3 
-D 

1 

s 

(0 

1 
1 

3 
1 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

HOLYOKE. 

Measles,      .... 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus,      .... 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis,      .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis. 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

>  Congenital  debility,          \ 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes, 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes. 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

I 

F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

189 
91 
98 

1 

1 
4 

1 

1 
1 

1 
2 

1 

1 
1 
1 

4 

1 

17 
16 

1 

22 

34 

4 

5 

13 
17 
8 
4 
3 
1 

2 

12 
9 

28 
16 
12 

: 

3 

1 
9 

7 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 
2 

8 
4 
4 

1 

1 
4 

1 

1 

3 
3 

- 

- 

2 

1 

9 
5 

4 

1 

1 
2 

2 

2 
1 

48 
25 
23 

1 
4 
3 
11 
13 

2 
3 

1 

2 

5 
3 

9 
2 

7 

1 

2 

1 
2 

2 

8 
2 
6 

I 

2 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

6 
2 
4 

1 
2 

71 
31 
40 

- 

1 
5 

4 
4 
4 
12 
17 
2 

4 
3 

1 

2 

8 
3 

15 

4 
11 

1 
1 

1 
4 

4 
2 

2 

13 
8 
5 

1 

- 

I 
1 

2 

1 

4 

1 
1 

1 

46 
24 
22 

: 

1 

1 

8 
4 

11 

14 

2 

2 
2 

25 
15 
10 

1 
2 

~ 

: 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

4 

8 
6 

1 
1 

I 

19 

9 

10 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 
3 

2 
2 

2 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


145 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

> 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

d 

1 

1 

3 

s 
1 
II 

1 

tH 

a 

1 

1 

1 

>> 

I 

c 

1 

1 

CO 

a 
1 

i 

1 

§ 

s 

1 
1 

1 

1 

tH 

c 

1 

1 

1 

1 

a 

eo 

% 

i 

1 

a 

3 
1 

a 

1 

1 

a 

i 

3 

a 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Lawrence. 

Measles,       .... 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup, 

Influenza 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

Syphilis,     ... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis, 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis. 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

>  Congenital  debility,          < 
Injuries  at  birth, 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes, 

T 
M 
F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

249 
136 
113 

2 
1 
1 
1 
5 
6 

1 
1 

1 
2 

1 

1 
3 
2 

1 

3 
3 

! 

22 

19 

1 

2 

38 

38 

8 

7 

26 
18 
6 
4 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
3 

18 
13 
5 

1 

12 
4 

1 

8 
4 
4 

I 

3 
3 

1 
] 

6 
4 
2 

1 
3 

1 
1 

20 
15 
5 

I 
1 

1 
4 

3 
3 

1 
1 
1 

5 

52 
36 
16 

-_ 

z 

1 

1 

4 
2 
21 
10 

2 

1 
2 
2 

1 

16 
9 

7 

1 

z 

1 
1 

~1 

1 

2 

2 
2 
3 

1 

8 
2 
6 

1 

1 

3 

1 
1 

1 

13 
5 

8 

I 

1 
1 

3 

2 

2 

1 
3 

89 
52 
37 

1 

: 

1 
1 

3 
2 

4 

7 
6 
6 
25 
17 
2 
1 
2 
2 

1 

21 
11 
10 

1 

I 

_ 

1 

2 
3 

- 

17 
9 
8 

1 

1 

1 
2 

4 
5 

2 

54 

i 

1 

1 
3 

1 

1 
2 

1 
3 

5 

2 

1 

11 

15 

1 

2 
1 

1 
] 

43 
26 
17 

] 
1 
1 

: 

1 

~ 
1 

2 
1 

7 
5 

i      6 

i      " 

1 
[ 

- 

25 

9 

16 

2 
2 

1 
2 

4 
5 

1 
2 
3 

1 
2 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


146         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

De.vthsi  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

of  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:   1919. 

6 

1 

Cm 

■73 

a 

3 

1 

1 

i 

i 

03 

C4 

i 

x> 

C 

1 

1 

i 

a 

03 

1 

Xi 

1 

CO 

J3 
1 

a 

J 

e4 

1 
1 

i 

1 

a 

c 

1 
1 

a 

a 

0> 

c 

03 

1 

1 

a 

a 

c3 
-G 

1 

.G 
S3 

1 

5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Lowell. 

Measles,       .         .         .         . 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis,     .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis. 

Malformations,   . 

Premature  birth, 

[  Congenital  debility,           < 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known . 
All  other  causes, 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 

F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

378 
228 
150 

2 

1 

2 
2 
2 

4 
3 

1 
1 

1 
1 
5 
2 

2 

3 
1 
1 

1 

13 
9 
5 
3 

14 

10 

3 

1 

70 

44 

15 

10 

35 

20 

23 

27 

6 

1 

1 

20 
13 

50 
30 
20 

3 

1 
16 

7 

I 

1 
1 

9 

8 

24 
13 
11 

1 

10 
6 

2 

1 

i 

20 

16 

4 

1 
4 
1 
2 

6 
2 

3 

20 
12 
8 

2 

1 
2 
2 
4 
3 
3 

1 
2 

114 
71 
43 

2 

1 

7 

4 

30 

15 

11 

'? 

1 

15 

12 

14 
6 

8 

1 

2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
3 

19 

9 

10 

1 

- 

1 
1 

2 
1 
2 
2 

1 

I 

1 

8 
4 
4 

I 

1 

1 

1 
1 

: 

4 

_ 

155 
90 
65 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

3 
5 
9 
7 

33 
18 
17 
20 
6 
1 
1 

16 

12 

29 
18 
11 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

7 
4 

1 
2 
1 
3 

1 

22 
15 

7 

1 

1 
1 

2 

9 
4 

: 

1 

2 

1 

78 
46 
32 

1 
2 

3 
1 

3 
3 
2 
2 
7 
4 
1 
1 
22 
15 
4 
2 

2 

1 

57 
34 
23 

1 

4 

1 

_ 
1 

: 
- 

1 

1 
: 

i 

4 
2 

1 

18 

11 

1 

1 

2 

I 

1 

37 
25 
12 

2 

~ 
1 

I 

1 
1 

1 

1 

3 
2 

1 

I 

3 

11 
5 

1 

2 
1 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


u: 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  THE  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

6 

•? 

1 

1 

< 

1 

"o 

o 

a 

m 

1 

>> 

-§ 

C 

S3 

J 

13 

i 

03 

J 
1 

1-1 

1 

C4 

a 

S3 

i 

Xi 

% 

a 

J 

1 

e>4 

c 

i 
1 

1 

§ 

s 

T-l 

c 

63 

1 

a 

03 

.a 
§ 

s 

c 

03 

X. 

i 

1 

a 
% 

s 

(0 

g 

J 
1 

1 

o 
g 

3 
.a 

i 
1 

i 

i 
1 

a 
2 

0> 

5 

6 
7 
8 
9 

12 
12 
37 
13 
14 
15 
37 
17 
37 
19 
20 
22 
23 
24 
25 
33 
33 

33 

37 
37 

35 

38 

Lyxn. 

Measles 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus,      .... 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis,     .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart . 
Acute  bronchitis, 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

\  Congenital  debility,          | 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes, 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes, 

T 

^ 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

128 
78 
50 

1 

4 
3 
1 

5 

2 

1 
1 

1 

2 

1 
1 
1 

1 

2 
5 
9 
6 

6 
8 
7 
6 
13 
6 
3 
2 
8 
5 
2 
1 

12 
2 

3 

2 

I 

1 
1 

1 

21 
13 

8 

~ 

: 

- 

~ 

2 

2 
6 
4 

1 

2 
2 

2 

4 
3 

1 

1 
1 

\ 

: 

13 
11 
2 

1 

3 

1 

3 
2 

3 

41 
28 
13 

_ 

1 

i 

2 
11 
5 

2 

1 
6 
4 

1 
6 

10 

7 
3 

: 

_ 
_ 

~_ 
1 

2 

I 

1 
1 

4 
1 
3 

2 

1 
1 

4 
4 

1 

: 

2 

59 
40 
19 

1 

1 
2 
3 

3 

4 
3 

13 
5 
2 
1 
7 
5 

1 
8 

7 
4 
3 

_ 
1 

1 

- 

1 
1 

I 

I 

1 

10 
5 
5 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 

18 
11 

7 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
2 

1 

2 
4 

1 

1 

1 

12 

7 
5 

1 

1 
1 

4 

1 

2 

1 

1 

22 
11 
11 

4 
2 

2 
2 

1 
1 

3 

1 
1 

1 
2 

1 

1 

1  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


148         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D, 


" 

Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:   1919. 

6 

c 

'M 

< 

1 

1 
i 

to 

1 

ii 

i 

a 

I 

i 

'-I 

1 

% 

1 
St 

1 

to 

a 

1 

C 
J 

1 

1 

1 
£ 

i 

3 

CQ 
OS 

a 

T-l 

i 

c 

1 

a 

c 

e3 

i 

1 
esi 

1 

i 

a 
o 

a 

c 

e3 

i 

a 
o 

a 

i 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

New  Bedford. 

Measle? 

Scarlet  fever, 

Whooping  cough, 

Diphtheria  and  croup, 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    , 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis,     .... 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis, 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteriti.<?. 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

1  Congenital  debility,          | 
Injviries  at  birth. 

External  causes, 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes. 

T 
M 
F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

414 
242: 
172 

1 
4 

5 

? 

1 
6 

1 

1 

2 
1 

3 
2 
3 
1 
1 

22 

14 

1 

2 

37 

20 

2 

1 

62 

52 

15 

10 

21 

18 

11 

6 

9 

4 

4 

2 

10 
8 

25 
18 

52 
32 
20 

4 
4 
10 

7 
2 

2 
2 

2 

11 

1 

13 

10 

3 

z 

1 

3 
1 

1 
1 

5 
1 

15 
6 

9 

- 

1 
2 
1 
5 

2 

2 
2 

33 
22 
11 

1 

8 
2 
3 
2 

1 
1 
4 
2 

1 

4 
4 

113 
70 
43 

1 

14 
8 

17 
15 

3 
2 

s 

4 

4 

2 

2: 

12 

13 
8 
5 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

! 

2 

1 

1 

11 

5 
6 

= 

1 

1 

1 

3 
2 

1 

1 
1 

12 
6 
6 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 
2 

1 

1 

1 

149 
89 
60 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

4 
3 
1 

7 
4 
15 

8 

18 
18 
5 
3 
S 
4 

2 
4 

22 
IC 

34 
22 
12 

_ 

- 
1 

1 

2 
1 

3 

1 

10 

7 

1 
1 

3 
1 

1 
1 

- 

39 
26 
13 

1 
1 

1 
1 

3 
2 

5 

1 

10 
8 

1 

2 
1 

1 
1 

i 

87 
49 
38 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

8 
4 

8 

7 

23 
19 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 
2 

1 

53 

29 
24 

2 

"7 

2 

I 

1 
1 

2 

1 

5 

4 
1 

2 
7 
5 

i 

1 

2 

1 
2 

52 
27 
25 

2 

1 
2 

1 
1 
2 

1 

1 
1 

3 
2 

10 
4 
1 

4 
9 

2 

1 
1 
2 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths 


No.  1.] 


INIORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


149 


Table  54 

Cause  of  De.vth. 

Deaths  1  FROM  Import .a.nt  Catjses,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

d 

z 

-4-J 

a 

I 

< 

1 

o 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

a 

1 

1 

T-l 

to 

1 

Xi 

CSi 

§ 
s 

3 

1 

3 
1 

o 

s 

a 

a 

1 

c 
:S 

1 

1 

1 

s 

CO 

1 

c 

1 

s 
o 

s 

c 

1 

1 

3 
as 

1 

1 

3 

s 
o 

a 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

SOMERVILLE. 

Measles,       .... 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,    .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis, 

Syphilis 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

Malformations,   . 

Premature  birth, 

1  Congenital  debility,           | 
Injuries  at  birth, 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes. 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

118 
60 
58 

- 

i 

1 

1 
1 
1 

2 
2 

3 
5 
6 
1 

12 
10 
6 
11 
13 
14 
8 
1 
4 
2 

3 

22 
14 
8 

1 
8 
2 

3 

1 

5 

I 

: 

- 

1 
1 
2 

1 

4 
2 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 

12 
9 
3 

3 
2 

4 

1 

I 
1 

43 
26 
17 

- 

_ 

3 
5 
11 
10 
6 

4 
2 

1 

7 
6 

2 

3 

1 
1 

5 

_ 

1 
2 

1 

: 

4 
3 
1 

" 

z 

1 

1 

59 
32 

27 

I 
_ 

1 
_ 
1 
1 

1 

1 
4 
8 
13 
14 
7 
1 
4 
2 

1 

13 

6 

7 

1 

_ 
1 

1 

1 

4 
3 

1 
1 

7 

5 
2 

: 

- 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

~ 
I 

12 

7 
5 

1 

1 

3 
2 

2 

1 

1 
I 

12 
4 

8 

: 
1 

1 
1 

" 
1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

15 

6 
9 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

1 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


150         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919 .     [P.  D. 


Table  54 

Catjse  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  SuBomsiONs 

OF  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
FOR  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:   1919. 

1 

c 

1 

< 

1 

o 

■a 
1 

11 

1 
1-1 

1 

i 

i 
1 

CO 

1-1 

1 

xi 

i 

Xi 

r-t 

i 

C4 

§ 
S 

c 

1 

"3 

CO 

J3 
C 

lH 

i 
1 

a 

iH 

c 

03 
I 

a 

(0 

c 

i 

CO 

1 

s 

at 

a 

03 

xi 

1 

3 

§ 

a 

S3 

•2 
1 

1 

5 

6 

•  7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Springfield. 

Measles,       .... 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup. 

Influenza,   .... 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus,     .... 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,  . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis. 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

>  Congenital  debility,          < 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes. 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes, 

T 
M 
F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

M 

F 

275 
156 
119 

1 

1 

2 

1 
4 

2 

1 
1 

~ 

1 

2 

3 

1 
1 

4 
1 
1 
1 

17 

18 

3 

1 

23 

20 

15 

11 

34 

28 

21 

11 

5 

9 

2 

2 

17 
IC 

47 
29 
18 

1 

1 

15 

14 

4 

4 

5 

1 

19 
13 
6 

5 

1 
6 
2 

1 

1 

1 
1 

18 
8 
10 

1 
2 

2 

1 

1 

16 

9 

7 

1 
1 

1 

2 
1 
1 
1 
3 

2 

1 

99 
58 
41 

1 
1 

1 

9 
5 

23 

21 

12 

2 

5 

7 

8 
5 

23 

14 

9 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

I 
4 
4 

2 

2 

5 

:s 

10 

8 

1 

1 

2 
2 

] 

5 
2 

] 

i   J 

13 
9 
4 

1 

1 
2 

1 
2 
1 
3 

1 

1 

154 
92 
62 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 
2 

4 

2 

10 

8 

34 

28 

16 

6 

5 

9 

14 

6 

15 

8 
7 

1 

4 

1 

1 
3 

1 

2 
1 

1 

12 
6 
6 

3 
2 

2 
2 

1 
1 

37 
21 
16 

2 

1 

3 
3 

1 

9 
6 
3 
2 

1 
3 

1 

1 

31 
15 
16 

2 
2 

1 

1 

1 
4 
4 

4 
6 

1 
1 

2 

1 

26 
14 
12 

1 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

7 

3 

1 

1 

2 
2 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


Xo.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


151 


Table  54 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  1  from  Important  Causes,  for  Certain  Subdivisions 

of  the  First  Year  of  Life,  for  the  State  and 
for  Cities  having  50,000  Inhabitants  or  More  in  1915:  1919. 

6 

1 

< 

1 

1 

3 

to 
Xi 

1 

I' 

J3 

to 

1 

c 

1 

1 

CO 

Xi 

C4 

c 
1 

a 

s 

i 

3 

5 
c 
o 

a 

i 

Xi 

xi 
1 

c 
1 

i 
1 

xi 

1 

B 

CO 

(3 

1 

3 

i 

Xi 

1 

i 

3 
O 

a 

s 

i 

3 
X> 

05 

g 
0> 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

12 

12 

37 

13 

14 

15 

37 

17 

37 

19 

20 

22 

23 

24 

25 

33 

33 

33 
37 
37 

35 

38 

Worcester. 

Measles 

Scarlet  fever. 

Whooping  cough. 

Diphtheria  and  croup, 

Influenza 

Dysentery, 

Erysipelas, 

Tetanus 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,   . 

Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis. 

Syphilis 

Meningitis, 

Convulsions, 

Organic    diseases    of    the 

heart. 
Acute  bronchitis. 

Pneumonia, 

Broncho-pneumonia, 

Diseases  of  the  stomach,    . 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis, 

Malformations,  . 

Premature  birth, 

)  Congenital  debility,          I 
Injuries  at  birth. 

External  causes, 

Diseases  ill-defined  or  un- 
known. 
All  other  causes, 

T 
M 
F 

M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 
M 
F 

426 
243 
183 

1 
4 

9 

7 

7 
7 

1 

2 

2 
2 

2 

6 
4 
5 
6 
26 
23 
3 
5 

37 

27 

15 

15 

61 

43 

18 

13 

11 

9 

1 

1 

32 
13 

78 
45 
33 

- 

1 

4 
30 
19 
3 
1 
5 
6 

6 
3 

18 
13 
5 

1 

9 
5 

1 

1 
1 

6 
3 

: 

- 

_ 

_ 
: 

- 

: 

_ 

- 

1 

2 

1 
1 
1 

42 
21 
21 

- 

1 

1 

2 

2 
1 
5 
8 
2 
4 
1 
3 

8 
4 

144 
82 
62 

- 

1 

_ 

1 

2 

4 

6 

46 

33 

7 
6 
7 
9 

15 

7 

31 
17 
14 

1 

1 

1 

1 
2 
3 

7 
3 
1 
3 
4 

2 
2 

29 
18 
11 

1 

_ 
1 

1 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

3 
2 
2 
1 
2 
4 
4 

2 

14 
9 

5 

2 
2 

2 

1 
2 

5 

218 

126 

92 

1 

i 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

4 

1 

5 
3 
8 

10 
57 
41 
14 
9 
11 
9 

24 
9 

26 

20 

6 

1 

3 
.  1 

5 

2 
2 
2 
3 

3 
1 

1 

1 

20 
11 
9 

1 

1 

1 

2 

67 
31 
36 

2 
3 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 
2 

2 
5 
8 

1 
11 
8 
3 
2 

3 
3 

1 

3 
2 

60 
38 

22 

4 
2 

3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

12 

1 

11 
10 

2 

1 
1 
2 

35 
17 
18 

1 
3 

1 
2 

2 
1 

2 
1 
3 
6 

1 
7 
2 

2 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


152         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

C.  Causes  of  Death. 


c 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths 

(exclxtsive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

.2 

1 

1 

MONTHS. 

c 

i 

•J 

0 

1 

1-5 

i 

1 

< 

>> 

6 

3 

>> 

►-5 

3 
M 

3 
< 

s 

-2 

1 

6 

i 

E 

1 
2 

1 

ALL  CAUSES. 

T 
M 
F 
Un 

.52,345 

26,407 

25,930 

8 

_ 

3,536 
3,618 

2,693 
2,517 

2,637 

2,588 
1 

2,402 
2,283 

2,164 
2,046 

1 

1,793 
1,751 

_ 

1,817 

1,792 

1 

1,784 
1,689 

1 

1,713 
1,685 

1,824 

1,848 

2 

1,827 
1,889 

2,217 

2,224 

2 

I. 

General  Diseases. 

T 
M 
F 

Un 

1.5,210 
7,402 
7,808 

1,346 
1,453 

856 
762 

760 
785 

649 
633 

553 

589 

463 
517 

473 
565 

423 
500 

431 
474 

473 
479 

448 
503 

527 

548 

1 

Typhoid  fever,*    . 

5 

107 
63 
44 

5 
6 

3 
6 

5 

1 

3 

2 
3 

4 
2 

3 

1 

I 

7 
5 

11 

6 

7 
4 

4 
4 

2 

Typhus  fever,* 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

Relapsing  fever,    . 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

i 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

_ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

4 

Malaria, 

T 
M 
F 

4 
3 

1 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

1 

~ 

~ 

: 

: 

5 

Smallpox,*     . 

5 

F 

2 
2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

_ 

~ 

2 

6 

Measles,*        . 

T 
M 
F 

183 
101 

82 

4 
6 

4 
2 

11 
10 

16 
3 

13 
11 

14 
16 

4 
4 

2 
4 

3 

7 
2 

8 
6 

15 

18 

7 

Scarlet  fever,* 

T 
M 
F 

122 
52 

70 

3 

8 

4 
3 

6 

7 

9 
5 

2 
6 

4 
2 

2 
5 

2 
5 

1 
3 

6 
3 

4 
9 

9 
14 

8- 

Whooping  cough,* 

T 
M 
F 

323 
1.54 
169 

17 
19 

9 
11 

17 
13 

9 
20 

14 
18 

14 
15 

13 
17 

15 
12 

11 
9 

4 
6 

10 
11 

21 
18 

9 

Diphtheria  and  croup,* 

T 
M 
F 

593 
302 
291 

1      30 
1      2{ 

35 
33 

28 
34 

24 

18 

21 
16 

13 
10 

12 
15 

8 
12 

14 

18 

28 

28 

45 
31 

44 

47 

10 

Influenza, 

T 
M 
F 

2,872 
1,407 
1,465 

749 

867 

316 

275 

191 
175 

73 
61 

24 
32 

9 
9 

5 
6 

4 
3 

5 

8 

12        7 
10        8 

12 
11 

11 

Miliary  fever, 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-        - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-        - 

- 

12 

Asiatic  cholera,*    . 

T 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

13 

Cholera  nostras,    . 

T 
M 
F 

4 
3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1        - 

- 

14 

Dysentery,    . 

T 
M 
F 

19 
11 

8 

1 

1 

1 

: 

: 

: 

- 

8 
3 

1 

3 

1 

- 

15 

Plague,* 

T 
M 
F 

- 

: 

- 

: 

i 

: 

- 

- 

: 

: 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


153 


C.     Causes  of  Death. 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:   1919. 


^ 

AGE    OF    DECEDENTS 

(years). 

1 

a 

1-1 

c« 

d 

tj! 

o 

s 

O 

1 

ai 

O 

o 

i 

40  to  49. 
50  to  59. 

s 

o 

s 

o 

s 
s 

s 

S3 

-a 
a 
a 

c 
c 

c 

4,395 
3,373 

1 

765 
681 

399 
322 

286 
226 

186 
179 

632 
515 

353 
301 

554 

487 

1,741 
2,056 

2,292 
2,156 

2,595 
2,296 

3,158 
2,744 

3,745 
3,705 

3,411 
3,944 

1,656 

2,494 

225 
431 

5 

16 

9 
4 

7 

I. 

434 
366 

265 
240 

193 
144 

117 
110 

90 

94 

254 
240 

94 
1.38 

229 
291 

930 
1,129 

1,114 
1,006 

1,083 
983 

1,054 
1,043 

871 
1,029 

515 

696 

145 

269 

14 
30 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

I 

1 

2 

1 

3 
6 

11 
12 

12 
6 

14 

8 

11 
6 

5 

r 

1 
1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

_ 

~ 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

: 

: 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

27 
18 

42 
33 

17 
12 

6 
3 

4 
6 

4 

7 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

1 
4 

4 
10 

8 
5 

11 
10 

6 

8 

12 
24 

5 

3 

1 
2 

2 
2 

2 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

8 

88 
101 

36 
38 

14 
16 

7 
4 

7 
5 

2 
3 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

9 

16 
11 

38 
32 

57 
40 

35 
43 

32 
37 

98 
92 

13 

19 

2 

7 

4 
4 

2 
2 

3 
2 

2 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

10 

120 
90 

40 
66 

36 
27 

24 
25 

18 
16 

51 
42 

29 
31 

48 
46 

264 
350 

326 
340 

178 
152 

125 
113 

81 
80 

49 
50 

16 
33 

2 
4 

- 

~- 

11 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

: 

: 

: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

12 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

: 

: 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 
1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

14 

2 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

\ 

2 

1 
1 

1 

- 

- 

15 

- 

: 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

154         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  Cexclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

■3 

1 

months. 

c 

i 

>> 

$ 

c 

1 

J3 
i 

< 

^ 
§ 

s 

1-5 

1-5 

1 

< 

1 

i 

1 

•J 

s 

o 

1 

16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28-35 
28 
29 
30 

Genekal  Diseases  — 
Con. 

Yellow  fever,* 

Leprosy,*      .         . 

Erysipelas,*  .... 

Other  epidemic  diseases. 

Purulent  infection  and  sep- 
ticemia. 

Glanders 

Anthrax,        .... 

Rabies,          .... 

Tetanus,        .... 

Mycoses,        .... 

Pellagra,*       .... 

Beriberi,*      .... 

Tuberculosis  (total),     . 
Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs,* 
Acute  miliary  tuberculosis, 
Tuberculous  meningitis,    . 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 

M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

78 
40 
38 

25 
16 
9 

75 
43 
32 

2 
2 

1 
1 

23 
18 
5 

3 

2 

1 

14 
2 
12 

4,920 
2,758 
2,162 

4,145 
2,344 
1,801 

76 
43 
33 

410 
224 
186 

- 
1 
2 

4 
5 

2 

327 
230 

278 
202 

9 
5 

30 
13 

6 
3 

1 

3 
9 

4 

278 
174 

241 
147 

3 

17 
13 

8 
6 

4 
2 

5 

1 

280 
228 

256 

197 

2 
5 

16 
12 

- 

4 

4 

2 

6 
2 

2 

1 

2 

291 
200 

238 
160 

7 
2 

24 
22 

- 

6 

7 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

262 
221 

199 
181 

3 
5 

39 

27 

3 
3 

1 

1 
5 

1 
2 

2 

197 
174 

174 

144 

2 
4 

15 

18 

4 

1 
1 

1 
3 

2 

215 

188 

186 
150 

1 

13 
22 

4 

2 

3 
3 

3 

1 

188 
162 

157 
141 

6 

1 

11 
12 

- 

2 
2 

5 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 
2 

187 
134 

162 
107 

4 

12 
10 

2 

1 

2 

3 
2 

1 
3 

179 
140 

148 
113 

3 
6 

19 
8 

3 
3 

7 
1 

2 

168 
157 

143 

129 

2 
3 

13 
12 

5 

3 

1 

3 
1 

1 
1 

186 
154 

162 
130 

1 

2 

15 

17 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  wathout  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


155 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

TO   THE    D 

etailed  International 

6 

AGE  OF  decedents  (years)  —  Con. 

yi 

C4 

m 

^ 

s 

s 

a 

s 

g 

s 
§ 

s 

S 

2 

o 

c 

1 

a 

o 

a 

16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28-35 
28 
29 
30 

18 
18 

8 
1 

6 
2 

2 

1 

77 
62 

20 
19 

5 
6 

43 
31 

2 
1 

83 
49 

14 
10 

5 
2 

56 
34 

1 
1 

1 

3 

1 
~ 

40 
37 

10 
5 

3 

22 

29 

2 
1 

_ 
1 

22 
15 

1 
1 

1 
1 

14 
13 

1 

14 
15 

3 
2 

10 
10 

2 

1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

43 
47 

8 
13 

24 

29 

2 

- 

2 

1 

21 

58 

8 
38 

1 

7 
12 

1 

2 
1 

- 

- 

3 

124 
203 

105 
186 

1 
2 

7 
8 

2 
2 

1 

5 

8 

2 

2 
1 

575 
665 

524 
617 

6 
6 

23 
9 

2 

1 
4 

1 

1 

1 

3 

608 
441 

575 
404 

5 

6 
6 

2 
3 

9 
2 

1 

5 

1 

6 

568 
312 

535 

276 

9 
5 

7 
2 

6 

5 

7 
3 

1 

1 
1 

2 

357 
126 

329 
115 

8 
2 

3 

1 

3 
5 

1 
1 

7 
1 

1 

164 
80 

157 
70 

2 

4 
3 

1 

2 
4 

55 
45 

49 
40 

2 

1 

2 
2 

7 
7 

6 
5 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

156         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


1 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths 

(exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

J 

MONTHS. 

c 

1 

1 

i 
1 

i 
1 

< 

1 

•-5 

>? 
^ 

1 

< 

i 

1 

1 

General  Diseases  — 
Con. 

31 

Abdominal  tuberculosis,    . 

T 
M 
F 

146 

76 
70 

7 
5 

7 
8 

4 
4 

10 
12 

10 
3 

2 
4 

6 

7 

9 
3 

5 
12 

5 
5 

5 
5 

6 
2 

32 

Pott's  disease,* 

T 
il 
F 

39 
18 
21 

1 
2 

1 
2 

1 
4 

3 

4 

1 

1 

1 
4 

2 

4 

2 

1 

1 
2 

1 

1 

33 

White  swellings,* 

T 
M 
F 

20 
9 
11 

- 

3 

- 

2 

1 
1 

2 

3 

1 

- 

2 
3 

1 
1 

- 

34 

Tuberculosis  of  other  or- 
gans. 

T 
M 
F 

53 
29 
24 

2 

7 

1 

1 
3 

4 
2 

3 
2 

3 

2 

3 
2 

1 
1 

3 

1 

4 

1 
5 

1 

1 

35 

Disseminated  tuberculosis,  * 

T 
U 
F 

31 
15 
16 

3 

2 

3 

3 
2 

3 

1 

- 

2 
3 

2 
3 

1 

- 

2 

1 

36 

Rickets,*       .... 

T 

M 
F 

20 
13 

7 

2 

3 
2 

5 
1 

- 

1 

2 

': 

2 

2 

: 

-■ 

37 

Syphilis,        .... 

T 
M 
F 

281 
189 
92 

9 
12 

16 
5 

20 
11 

14 
6 

7 
9 

19 
5 

15 
3 

19 
5 

17 

7 

13 

8 

16 
11 

24 
10 

38 

Gonococcus  infection,  . 

T 
M 
F 

13 
6 

7 

2 

1 

1 

3 

- 

- 

1 
1 

1 

: 

1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

39-45 

Cancer  and  other  malignant 
tumors  (total). 

T 
M 
F 

4,112 
1,574 
2,538 

137 
199 

127 
173 

115 

228 

123 

223 

139 
209 

128 
206 

143 

249 

119 
224 

127 
218 

145 
210 

126 
190 

145 
209 

39 

Of  the  buccal  cavity,* 

I 

153 
125 

28 

9 
3 

12 
2 

4 

1 

8 
7 

12 

11 
4 

11 
1 

12 
3 

11 

8 
3 

15 

1 

12 
3 

40 

Of  the  stomach,  liver, 

T 
M 
F 

1,352 

649 
703 

63 
50 

51 
51 

57 

59 

44 

73 

53 

60 

54 
51 

60 
83 

43 

59 

50 
47 

64 
56 

50 
52 

60 
62 

41 

Of  the  peritoneum,  intes- 
tines, rectum. 

T 
M 
F 

769 
306 
463 

27 
25 

25 
32 

24 
43 

30 
42 

26 
38 

26 
41 

33 
38 

19 
44 

21 
52 

31 
41 

23 
31 

21 

36 

42 

Of  the  female  genital  or- 
gans. 

T 
M 
F 

584 
584 

47 

42 

51 

48 

43 

53 

60 

56 

52 

41 

50 

_ 
41 

43 

Of  the  breast,*  . 

T 
M 
F 

462 
3 

459 

47 

32 

38 

2 

28 

40 

30 

46 

37 

1 
40 

46 

34 

41 

44 

Of  the  skin,*      . 

T 
M 

F 

102 
58 
44 

2 
4 

7 
5 

5 
3 

3 
3 

8 
5 

8 
4 

6 
3 

3 
4 

9 

4 

2 
4 

5 
2 

3 

45 

Of  other  organs  or  of  or- 
gans not  specified. 

T 
M 
F 

690 
433 
257 

36 
23 

32 

9 

25 
33 

36 
22 

40 
23 

29 
23 

33 
18 

42 
21 

42 
23 

40 
19 

33 
20 

45 
23 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cau.se  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1. 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


157 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  — Con. 


A 
r 

s 

Q 

AGE  OF 

decedents 

(years)  - 

-Con 

i 

es 

M 

^ 

s 

s 

o 

5 

o 

s 
s 

o 

i 

s 

s 

s 

o 

1 

31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39-45 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 

6 
4 

1 
1 

- 
2 
1 

6 
5 

44 
32 

3 
2 

1 

1 

- 

5 
3 

1 
1 

1 

6 

1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

4 
1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

4 
1 

1 

- 

1 
1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

1 

- 
1 

8 

3 

1 

- 
3 

1 

3 
5 

1 

~ 

1 

7 
3 

2 
3 

2 

3 

2 

1 

1 

3 
2 

1 

3 
1 

4 
4 

1 
1 

2 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

4 
5 

1 

1 
2 

1 

3 
1 

10 
17 

5 
3 

3 
5 

2 
3 

9 
5 

4 

20 
33 

1 

I 

9 
5 

11 

3 

8 
7 

9 
14 

4 
5 

2 
3 

25 
13 

2 

69 
139 

1 
3 

25 

28 

21 
18 

48 

25 

1 

1 

21 
16 

10 

11 

2 
5 

2 

2 

2 

1 
4 

42 

9 

167 
392 

12 
1 

87 
82 

29 
42 

- 
_ 

136 

91 
1 

38 
39 

6 
6 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

: 
_ 

34 
16 

394 
632 

35 

184 
151 

6~7 
107 

_ 

- 

165 

_ 

1 

135 

13 
5 

94 
62 

5 
3 

1 

1 
3 

1 
1 

21 
10 

- 
1 

461 
655 

33 
6 

200 
211 

91 
144 

126 

_ 

100 

16 
8 

121 

60 

1 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 

4 
4 

1 

334 

464 

33 
3 

119 
167 

66 
105 

68 

2 
61 

13 
15 

101 

45 

1 
1 

1 
1 

100 

186 

11 

7 

28- 
54 

22 
32 

25 

40 

13 

7 

26 
21 

- 

_ 

9 
22 

3 
3 

6 

3 

4 

1 
5 

5 

1 

- 

- 

158         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

x" 
^ 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

3 

1 

months. 

Q 

>> 

5 

3 

c 

1 

43 

a 

< 

>> 

a 

3 

1 

1-5 

■i 

3 
bO 

3 
< 

1 
a 

1 

1 
1 

1 

s 

46 
47 
48 
49 
50. 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
II. 
60 

General  Diseases  — 
Con. 

Other  tumors  (tumors  of  the 
female  genital  organs  ex- 
cepted). 

Acute  articular  rheumatism ,  * 

Chronic     rheumatism     and 
gout. 

Scurvy,*        .... 

Diabetes,*     .... 

Exophthalmic  goiter,    . 

Addison's  disease,* 

Leukemia,     .... 

Anemia,         .... 

Other  general  diseases, 

Alcoholism    (acute   or 
chronic).* 

Chronic  lead  poisoning, 

Other     chronic     occupation 
poisonings. 

Other  chronic  poisonings,     . 

Diseases  of  the  Nervous 
System  and  the  Organs 
OP  the  Special  Sense. 

Encephalitis, 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 

:\i 

F 

T 
IVI 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

15 
4 
11 

127 
69 
58 

74 
21 
53 

4 
1 
3 

633 

269 
364 

33 
5 

28 

15 
5 
10 

63 
40 
23 

299 
111 

188 

63 
37 
26 

68 
64 
4 

9 
9 

2 
1 
1 

6 
3 
3 

5,733 
2,608 
3,125 

87 
48 
39 

1 

9 
3 

1 
6 

27 
30 

1 

1 

- 
3 

14 
16 

3 

8 

1 

1 

251 
274 

4 
3 

5 
6 

2 
8 

22 

28 

1 
4 

1 

2 

1 

6 
13 

3 
2 

10 

235 

277 

1 
3 

2 

9 
3 

2 
2 

1 
1 

25 
37 

2 

1 

6 
3 

9 
16 

4 
5 
2 

247 
306 

4 
4 

1 

10 

9 

- 
3 
8 

25 
42 

1 
2 

1 

6 

1 

7 
21 

3 

2 

6 

2 

1 

- 

] 

255 

297 

8 
2 

1 

4 

7 

7 

4 
2 

1 

20 
20 

1 

1 

1 
1 

12 
14 

4 
3 

1 
1 

226 

279 

7 
6 

1 

1 

6 
3 

3 

1 

21 
30 

1 

2 
2 

1 
3 

12 
19 

2 
3 

5 

200 
252 

5 
6 

1 
" 

4 
4 

3 
3 

24 
35 

1 
3 

1 

4 

1 

8 
16 

4 

1 

4 

1 

1 

196 
242 

2 

1 

4 
2 

2 

15 
30 

2 

3 

1 

- 
10 
18 

4 

1 

2 

1 

204 
216 

4 
3 

3 
6 

1 
6 

14 
20 

- 

3 

5 
3 

9 
18 

4 

3 

2 

1 

171 

229 

2 
3 

1 

3 
4 

2 
4 

27 
30 

1 
4 

1 
1 

3 
1 

11 
15 

2 

1 

4 

1 

186 
221 

5 

2 

2 

5 
6 

2 
3 

21 

38 

3 

1 

4 
2 

6 
12 

3 
3 

3 

1 

1 

201 
253 

4 
5 

4 
5 

1 

6 

28 
24 

3 

1 

5 
3 

7 
10 

4 
4 

6 

1 

1 

236 
279 

2 

1 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


159 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes, 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

according 

to  the  Detailed  International 

d 

AGE  OF  decedents  (years)  —  Con. 

P 

a 

e4 

w 

^ 

OS 

s 

o 

s 

u» 

3 

-2 

S 

3 
S 

s 

3 
S 

3 

-2 

o 

1 

46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
II. 
60 

1 
1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 
3 

10 
10 

151 
86 

8 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

6 
5 

46 
43 

4 
6 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

7 

16 
18 

1 
1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 
2 

17 

8 

1 
1 

2 

2 

1 

1 
1 
1 

n 
11 

1 

14 
11 

1 

7 
2 

3 

1 
1 

35 

29 

2 

4 
10 

6 
6 

1 

1 
1 

3 

21 
19 

2 

8 
4 

12 
6 

1 
2 

3 

1 

2 
3 

2 

1 

27 
14 

1 
1 

1 

2 

1       4 

1 

15 
17 

1 
8 

2 

4 
3 

1 
9 

2 
5 

1 

75 

62 

7 
3 

1 

9 
2 

4 

20 
20 

2 

1 

4 

1 

7 
15 

2 
3 

10 
2 

2 

3 

98 

77 

6 
3 

4 

10 

7 

4 
2 

33 
30 

1 
7 

1 
3 

7 
7 

20 
34 

1 
20 

1 

209 
227 

7 
10 

1 

1 

6 
5 

3 

7 

48 
79 

4 

1 
1 

8 
2 

28 
43 

2 
2 

18 
5 

1 

410 
412 

6 

4 

2 
1 

8 
9 

3 
14 

I 

65 
107 

1 
2 

5 

4 

32 
52 

2 

1 

7 
1 

1 

1 
1 

582 
693 

2 

4 

2 

1 
4 

4 
17 

45 
71 

2 

2 

2 

10 
20 

1 

3 

1 

582 

845 

2 
2 

1 

2 

1 
10 

11 
20 

5 
5 

I 

1 

294 
529 

l' 

i 

2 

I 

1 

32 
50 

1 

2 

1 

160 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.      [P.  D. 


d 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  SriLLBiRTHs)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

CO 

3 
e2 

months. 

0 

i 

1 

< 

1 

o 
a 

3 

•-5 

to 
3 
bC 

3 

1 

s 

o 

1 

1 

s 

i 

II. 

61 

61a 

616 

61c 

62 

63 

63a 

636 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

Diseases  of  the  Nervous 
System  and  the  Organs 
of  the  Special  Sense  — 
Con. 

Meningitis  (total), 

Simple  meningitis,    . 

Cerebrospinal    meningitis 
(undefined). 

Cerebrospinal  fever,  . 

Locomotor  ataxia,* 

Other  diseases  of  the  spinal 
cord  (total). 

Acute  anterior  poliomyeli- 
tis.* 

Ot  her  diseases  of  t  he  spinal 
cord. 

Cerebral    hemorrhage,    apo- 
plexy.* 

Softening  of  the  brain, 

Paralysis   without  specified 
cause. 

General  paralysis  of  the  in- 
sane.* 

Other  forms  of  mental  alien- 
ation. 

Epilepsy,       .... 
Convulsions  (nonpuerperal). 
Convulsions  of  infants. 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

:\i 

F 

T 
M 
F 

325 

186 
139 

137 
66 
71 

117 
72 
45 

71 

48 
23 

70 
54 
16 

191 
98 
93 

15 
11 
4 

176 

87 
89 

4,258 
1,768 
2,490 

14 

6 

8 

189 
92 
97 

146 
110 
36 

15 
3 
12 

122 
71 
51 

4 

I 

91 
52 
39 

21 

7 

7 
3 

8 
2 

6 

2 

3 
1 

6 

7 

1 
1 

5 

6 

177 
228 

1 

6 

8 

8 
2 

1 
3 

9 
3 

1 

5 
5 

15 
10 

6 
2 

5 
5 

4 
3 

4 
3 

5 

7 

5 

7 

156 

230 

1 

14 

10 
1 

1 

12 
3 

4 
5 

19 
15 

7 
8 

1 

7 
4 

3 
1 

8 
4 

1 

7 
4 

175 
243 

1 
1 

3 

8 

10 
5 

6 

9 

8 
2 

32 
15 

13 
9 

11 

8 
4 

6 

1 

6 
11 

2 

4 
11 

165 

236 

2 

_ 

10 

8 

9 

1 

6 
6 

4 
3 

13 
18 

3 

9 

5 

8 

5 

1 

3 
1 

16 
9 

2 

14 

9 

158 
215 

5 

4 

7 
6 

1 

2 
5 

4 
5 

13 
16 

2 
6 

7 
9 

4 

1 

10 

1 

7 
6 

1 

6 
6 

130 
188 

1 
1 

7 
11 

6 
2 

1 
3 

10 
4 

1 

3 
4 

15 
10 

5 

8 

6 

2 

4 

4 

8 
10 

1 

I 

131 
196 

2 

8 
7 

14 
3 

1 

3 
3 

2 
3 

12 
11 

2 

7 

10 
4 

~ 
4 
1 

12 

7 

1 
1 

11 

6 

135 

169 

7 
6 

10 
2 

1 

5 

2 

1 

5 
5 

9 
12 

4 
5 

3 
5 

2 

2 

4 
2 

12 
11 

I 

12 
10 

118 
180 

1 
1 

6 
5 

5 
2 

1 

6 
4 

1 
1 

13 

7 

8 
3 

3 

2 

2 
2 

4 
3 

4 
3 

1 

3 
3 

127 
183 

1 

8 
6 

11 

1 

1 

3 
3 

3 

1 

10 
8 

3 
6 

5 

1 

2 

1 

5 
1 

6 
9 

2 

4 

9 

135 
201 

1 

7 
15 

11 
6 

1 

4 
3 

7 
1 

14 
10 

6 
5 

4 
2 

- 
4 
3 

4 

1 

8 
9 

8 
9 

161 
221 

11 
10 

9 
5 

5 

6 

1 

6 
4 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsj-.    See  pages  239  to  243- 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


161 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:   1919  — Con. 


d 
1 

AGE  OF 

decedent 

(years) — 

Con. 

■I 
5 

i-i 

«^ 

ti 

^ 

"dJ 

5 

s 

US 

■  s 

0) 

o 

S 

o 

g 

S 

o 

1 
o 

1 

g 

C. 

61 

61a 

616 

61c 

62 

63 

63a 

636 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

51 

38 

22 
22 

19 
11 

'I 

_ 

3 

2 

1 
1 

\ 

20 

7 

1 

1 

3 

2 

40 

27 

22 
21 

6 
10 

14 
6 

2 
5 

1 

1 

1 

_ 

2 

1 

7 
8 

10 

7 

3 
5 

6 
2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

3 
3 

9 
5 

1 
2 

5 
3 

3 

2 
1 

2 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 
1 

2 

4 
6 

2 

1 

2 

2 
3 

1 
1 

3 

1 

1 

14 
16 

5 

7 

8 

7 

1 
2 

6 
5 

1 

1 
1 

1 

4 
3 

2 

1 

12 
9 

4 
5 

4 
2 

4 
2 

2 
2 

1 

1 

2 
2 

12 
5 

2 
3 

5 

1 

5 

1 

2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

3 

2 

2 

4 

1 

20 
13 

8 
5 

3 
6 

9 
2 

5 
6 

1 

4 
6 

10 
14 

1 
1 

1 

2 
1 

1 

15 
11 

10 

7 

5 

2 

1 
5 

4 

4 

1 

6 
6 

_ 
- 

6 
6 

26 
34 

1 
4 

21 

4 

3 

7 
8 

9 
5 

2 
2 

3 

4 
3 

8 
2 

8 
9 

8 
9 

114 
157 

3 

6 

38 
6 

1 
5 

7 
9 

8 
3 

2 
3 

3 
3 

19 

7 

18 
15 

18 
15 

- 
297 
345 

1 

1 

17 
11 

25 

7 

1 
2 

7 
9 

3 

2 

3 
2 

18 
2 

19 
23 

19 
23 

480 
618 

29 
21 

17 

2 
2 

1 
2 

1 

5 
3 

23 
23 

1 

22 
23 

509 

764 

1 
1 

27 
34 

5 
6 

5 

6 
4 

6 
4 

273 
492 

1 
3 

11 
17 

_ 

1 
7 

1 

30 

47 

1 
2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

162         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

X* 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

h2 

1 

MONTHS. 

"a 
1 

n 
1 

>> 

s 

j3 

1 

0. 

1 

3 
>-5 

^ 

3 
< 

1 
1 

02 

1 

a 

1 

1 

1 

II. 

72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
III. 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 

Diseases  of  the  Nervous 
System  and  the  Orgaxs 
OF  the  Special  Sense  — 
Con. 

Chorea,*        .... 

Neuralgia  and  neuritis, 

Other  diseases  of  the  nervous 
system. 

Diseases  of  t  he  eyes  and  t  heir 
adnexa.* 

Diseases  of  the  ears,*   . 

Diseases  of  the  Circula- 
tory System. 

Pericarditis,  .... 

Acute  endocarditis,*     . 

Organic     diseases     of     the 
heart.* 

Angina  pectoris,* 

Diseases  of  the  arteries,  ath- 
eroma, aneurism,  etc. 

Embolism  and  thrombosis,* 

Diseases   of  the   veins    (va- 
rices,   hemorrhoids,    phle- 
bitis, etc.) 

Diseases  of   the  lymphatic 
system          (lymphangitis, 
etc.).* 

Hemorrhage;   other  diseases 
of  the  circulatory  system.* 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

^ 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

2 
2 

6 

2 

4 

129 
64 
65 

5 
2 
3 

79 
50 
29 

8,896 
4,333 
4,563 

38 
26 
12 

414 
198 
216 

6,031 
2,893 
3,138 

458 
253 
205 

1,691 
826 
865 

163 

78 
85 

21 
10 
11 

64 
43 
21 

16 
6 
10 

1 

10 
5 

477 
501 

2 

1 

27 
23 

331 
358 

17 
26 

88 
87 

7 

4 

5 
2 

7 
5 

6 

405 
440 

3 

18 
24 

266 
304 

26 
15 

76 
88 

8 
8 

2 
5 

1 
1 

- 
5 

5 

7 

424 
432 

3 

15 
9 

274 
304 

32 
17 

87 
89 

3 
9 

2 
2 

7 

1 
2 

2 

1 

7 
6 

9 

3 

356 
403 

2 
4 

16 
20 

248 
276 

24 
24 

57 
68 

4 
6 

2 
1 

3 

4. 

5 
5 

6 
4 

382 
391 

5 

1 

15 
18 

258 
280 

21 
17 

72 
64 

3 

8 

1 

7 
2 

1 

5 

7 

2 
2 

337 
347 

4 

2 

18 
12 

221 
240 

19 
14 

62 
71 

11 
4 

2 

2 

2 

1 
1 

3 
4 

1 
5 

310 
327 

1 

1 

11 

20 

202 
227 

15 

8 

70 
60 

6 
10 

2 

1 

3 

5 
6 

4 
3 

283 

280 

1 

18 
15 

182 
183 

11 
14 

66 

58 

2 
5 

1 
2 

1 
3 

1 

I 

4 

7 

2 

1 

321 

288 

16 
13 

209 
190 

16 

7 

71 
70 

5 
5 

1 

3 

2 

1 

4 
4 

1 

4 
5 

320 
337 

2 
1 

12 
14 

219 
235 

27 
19 

49 
53 

9 

1 
2 

2 

2 

1 
2 

4 
2 

7 
1 

350 
380 

2 

1 

21 
25 

226 
261 

21 
15 

67 
66 

11 

7 

1 

2 
3 

1 

1 
1 

5 

7 

2 

1 

7 
3 

368 
437 

1 
1 

11 
23 

257 
280 

24 
29 

61 

91 

11 
10 

3 
3 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


163 


Each  Cause  .axd  Cl.^ss  of  Causes,  accordixg  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:   1919  —  Con. 


^ 

AGE  OF 

decedents 

(years) - 

-Con 

¥ 

s 

S 

cq 

eo 

■*' 

in 

3 

o 

si 

-2 

a 

s 

5 
s 

5 

S 

S 

a 
s 

S 

a 
s 

a 

a 
s 

-2 
g 

> 

03 
1 

72 
73 
74 
75 
76 
III. 
77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 

6 

1 

19 

7 

54 

26 

8 
5 

13 
4 

1 

1 
2 

1 

30 
14 

1 

2 
2 

_ 
8 
1 

7 
6 

1 
2 

1 
3 

5 
1 

1 
4 

5 
5 

1 

2 
2 

1 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

8 
6 

5 

1 

2 
3 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

7 
- 

2 
2 

5 
4 

_ 

5 

4 

1 
3 

29 
41 

2 

10 
10 

16 
29 

1 

1 

- 

3 
2 

3 

1 

38 
41 

7 
12 

30 
28 

1 

1 

3 

- 

2 

1 

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42 

2 

1 

10 
6 

24 
35 

1 

1 

10 
6 

5 

4 

84 
93 

1 
1 

12 
17 

69 
68 

2 

2 

1 
2 

1 
1 

11 

9 

3 

1 

176 
171 

4 

1 

22 
23 

128 
133 

8 
3 

_ 

7 

1 

6 
6 

1 

1 

: 

3 

1 

9 
17 

4 

1 

319 
300 

3 

1 

29 
42 

246 
232 

23 
5 

8 
9 

6 

7 

3 
2 

1 
2 

8 
5 

2 

1 
3 

597 
493 

6 

1 

59 
61 

409 
360 

48 
26 

58 
31 

- 

14 

9 

1 
2 

1 

1 
3 

1 

3 
9 

- 

1 
1 

1,028 
952 

5 

2 

16 
16 

718 
717 

85 
56 

174 
135 

26 
21 

2 
5 

2 

1 

1 
1 

2 
5 

2 

1 

1,203 
1,299 

1 
3 

12 
11 

801 

897 

66 
80 

308 
286 

13 
21 

1 
2 

1 
1 

3 

642 
912 

1 
2 

3 
6 

375 
537 

21 
31 

230 
321 

10 
13 

2 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 
_ 

99 
161 

_ 

- 

55 

81 

1 
2 

- 
41 
76 

1 

2 

1 

7 

4 
3 

2 

1 
1 

164         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


d 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Moxths  axd  Sex 

■^J 

s 

o 

months. 

i 

2 

1 

1 

i 

i 

1 

V 

a 

3 

>-3 

►-5 

1 
< 

1 
a 

s 

3 

1 

1 

1 

IV. 

86 

87 

88 

89 

90 

91 

92 

92a 

926 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

Diseases   of  the   Respir- 
atory System. 

Diseases  of  the  nasal  fossse,* 

Diseases  of  the  larynx,* 

Diseases     of     the     thyroid 
body.* 

Acute  bronchitis, 
Chronic  bronchitis,*     . 
Broncho-pneumonia,    . 
Pneumonia  (total). 

Lobar  pneumonia,*  . 

Pneumonia  (undefined),    . 

Pleurisy,*      .... 

Pulmonary  congestion,  pul- 
monary apoplexy. 

Gangrene  of  the  lung,* 

Asthma 

Pulmonary  emphysema,* 

Other  diseases   of   the   res- 
piratory system  (tubercu- 
losis excepted). 

T 
.M 
F 

T 

:m 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

6,313 
3,272 
3,041 

2 

2 

28 
14 
14 

14 

0 

12 

477 
253 
224 

217 
94 
123 

2,665 
1,346 
1,319 

2,614 
1,393 
1,221 

2,530 
1,347 
1,183 

84 
46 
38 

145 
91 
54 

80 
34 
46 

1 
1 

30 
16 
14 

9 
6 
3 

31 

22 

9 

641 
651 

1 
1 

29 
38 

11 

18 

!  _ 

214 
214 

367 
361 

364 
;353 

3 

8 

8 
6 

6 

8 

3 
3 

1 

1 
2 

470 
405 

1 

1 
4 

2 

44 
28 

3 
20 

186 
182 

218 
148 

208 
142 

10 
6 

7 
6 

4 
11 

1 

2 
2 

4 

1 

462 
448 

1 
2 

2 

46 

48 

13 
15 

198 
203 

186 
170 

177 
167 

9 
3 

12 
4 

3 
4 

2 

1 

379 
358 

2 

1 

33 
23 

11 
15 

164 
159 

153 
142 

150 
138 

3 
4 

7 
7 

4 
4 

3 

1 

1 
2 

3 

2 

260 
232 

2 

2 

18 
18 

11 
11 

107 
114 

107 

77 

104 

77 

3 

11 
3 

1 
6 

1 
1 

2 

130 

94 

1 

1 

1 

10 

7 

5 
3 

48 
45 

54 
32 

50 
30 

4 
2 

7 
5 

2 

1 
2 

91 
66 

2 

8 
5 

10 
3 

36 
31 

27 
19 

27 
19 

4 
3 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

78 
70 

1 

4 
4 

1 
4 

39 
32 

26 
25 

24 
25 

2 

'7 
3 

1 
1 

114 
100 

1 

8 
4 

9 
5 

56 
50 

31 
30 

29 
28 

2 
2 

4 
5 

1 
2 

3 
2 

1 
2 

163 
161 

1 

1 

6 
19 

10 

8 

82 
70 

50 
56 

47 
53 

3 
3 

7 
4 

4 

1 
_ 

1 
1 

1 
2 

173 
184 

1 
2 

16 
14 

3 
5 

78 
88 

62 
65 

59 
58 

3 

7 

10 

2 

1 
5 

2 

2 

1 

311 
272 

7 
2 

1 

31 
16 

7 
16 

138 
131 

112 
96 

108 
93 

4 
3 

7 
6 

3 
4 

1 
1 

1 
3 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1, 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


165 


Each 

AXD    ] 


Cause  and 
JY  Age  and 


Cl.vss  of  Causes,  accordixg  to  the  Detailed  International 
Sex:   1919  -  Con. 


d 

2; 

AGE  OF  DECEDENTS  (TEARS)  — Con. 

■J 
P 

6 

»-J 

C4 

M 

^ 

-2 

s 

3 

a 

a 

5 

-S 
5 

s 

a 
g 

s 

-2 
S 

gi 

§5 

1 
o 

c 

s 

a 
o 

a 

IV. 

86 

87 

88 

89 

90 

91 

92 

92a 

92b 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

791 
596 

3 
3 

158 
101 

4 
2 

512 
405 

_ 
106 

78 

_ 
97 
75 

9 
3 

2 
3 

4 
4 

2 

261 
238 

2 
5 

30 
22 

> 

154 
155 

66 

49 

64 
47 

2 

2 

9 
6 

82 
82 

1 

2 
2 

1 

6 
9 

45 
52 

i 

21 
14 

1 

I 

1 

_ 

- 
_ 

49 
45 

1 

3 
5 

30 
23 

15 
13 

15 
12 

1 

4 

15 
21 

1 
_ 
1 

8 

7 

4 
8 

4 

8 

1 
3 

1 
1 

1 

68 
49 

1 
1 

2 
2 

1 

- 
29 
21 

33 
21 

32 
20 

1 
1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

21 
29 

1 

9 
14 

10 
11 

9 
11 

1 

1 
3 

1 

r 

63 
45 

1 

1 

18 
8 

39 
35 

39 
34 

1 
5 

1 

_ 

206 
231 

- 

1 

1 
1 

2 

42 
47 

148 
171 

142 
166 

6 
5 

15 
5 

1 
1 
2 

346 
255 

1 

1 

- 
2 

2 

1 
3 

70 

48 

265 
189 

263 

187 

2 
2 

6 
6 

1 
3 

2 

1 

276 
197 

1 

7 

3 

4 
5 

70 
66 

177 
104 

170 

m 

7 
2 

14 
5 

1 
3 

3 

1 

6 
2 

266 
211 

4 
2 

8 
9 

64 
67 

164 
125 

161 
122 

3 
3 

13 
4 

1 
3 

1 

6 
1 

1 
4 

336 
323 

1 

1 
1 

8 
10 

12 
15 

106 
112 

188 
171 

181 
164 

7 
7 

8 
6 

7 
4 

2 
2 

2 

1 
2 

304 
379 

2 

19 
28 

26 
38 

125 
157 

107 
140 

102 
134 

5 

6 

9 
2 

6 
5 

3 

4 

3 

1 

6 
2 

164 
269 

- 
1 

1 

17 

28 

29 
37 

61 
104 

45 

79 

43 
74 

- 
2 
5 

1 
1 

9 
17 

1 
2 

23 
68 

3 

9 

10 
9 

3 
32 

4 
13 

4 
13 

3 
5 

1 
3 

1 
1 

1 

- 

166         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


i 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

00 

i3 

I 

MONTHS. 

1— 1 

1 
S 

1 

>> 

1 

1 

< 

>> 

6 

1 
< 

i 

"a 

1 
2 

O 

1 

a 

1 

1 

V. 

99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
109a 
109b 
110 
111 
112 

Diseases  of  the  Digestive 
System. 

Diseases  of  the  mouth  and 
adnexa.* 

Diseases  of  the  pharynx,*    . 

Diseases  of  the  esophagus,*  . 

Ulcer  of  the  stomach,  . 

Ot  her  diseases  of  the  stomac  h 
(cancer  excepted). 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under 
2  years).* 

Diarrhea    and    enteritis    (2 
years  and  over) . 

Ankylostomiasis,  . 

Intestinal  parasites, 

Appendicitis  and  typhlitis,  . 

Hernia    and    intestinal    ob- 
struction. 

Hernia,       .... 

Intestinal  obstruction, 

Other  diseases  of  the  intes- 
tines. 

Acute  yellow  atrophy  of  the 
liver.* 

Hydatid  tumor  of  the  liver, 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 

M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

3,822 
1,970 
1,852 

16 

8 
8 

125 
63 
62 

3 

1 

137 

89 
48 

249 
128 
121 

1,493 
802 
691 

370 
178 
192 

391 
204 

187 

442 
211 
231 

194 
91 
103 

248 
120 
128 

51 

29 
22 

13 
11 
2 

1 
1 

153 
133 

2 

3 
3 

10 

7 

7 
6 

48 
40 

14 
14 

27 
16 

16 
18 

6 
9 

10 
9 

3 
2 

1 
1 

118 
128 

1 

4 
4 

5 

9 

14 
11 

35 
30 

12 
9 

13 
10 

15 
27 

6 
11 

9 
16 

2 
2 

1 

147 
127 

1 

2 

8 

11 
3 

10 

7 

47 
33 

13 
16 

16 
19 

14 
16 

5 
9 

9 

7 

4 

1 

1 

154 
118 

1 
1 

4 

7 
2 

17 
14 

44 
24 

10 
10 

17 
14 

29 
18 

15 
12 

14 
6 

3 

1 

153 
124 

8 

7 

6 

4 

9 
11 

43 

28 

16 

14 

21 
11 

20 
20 

9 
9 

11 
11 

1 
3 

1 

134 
138 

2 

2 
7 

9 

7 

11 
13 

41 
41 

14 
18 

15 
13 

20 
20 

9 
8 

11 
12 

3 

1 

1 

197 
209 

2 

6 
4 

6 

2 

7 
13 

95 
94 

21 
24 

24 

19 

21 
14 

8 
6 

13 

8 

3 

2 

1 

284 

209 

_ 

4 
3 

8 
3 

14 
6 

173 
132 

27 
14 

19 
13 

18 
12 

7 
3 

11 

9 

2 
3 

211 

203 

1 

5 
11 

- 

9 
5 

11 
10 

112 
108 

20 
23 

20 

18 

13 
14 

8 

6 
6 

1 
1 

153 

188 

1 
1 

5 

4 

2 

I 

8 
11 

71 

84 

14 
24 

10 
16 

14 
25 

6 
10 

8 
15 

4 

1 

2 

118 
137 

7 
7 

1 

3 
3 

9 
10 

43 

37 

9 
8 

10 
17 

15 

27 

6 
11 

9 
16 

1 
6 

1 

148 
138 

1 

7 
5 

8 
1 

11 
9 

50 
40 

8 
18 

12 
21 

16 
20 

7 
7 

9 
13 

2 

1 

2 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


167 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:   1919  —  Con. 


6 

r 
1 

Q 

AGE  OF 

DECEDENTS 

(years)  - 

-Con 

»-5 

fri 

ti 

-S 

ITS 

o 

o 

s 

c 

o 

CO 

i 

i 

s 
s 

-2 

> 

o 

S 

S 

o 

c 

a 

V. 

99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
109a 
1096 
110 
111 
112 

827 
676 

3 
2 

4 
3 

1 

68 
49 

712 

601 

32 
19 

5 

2 

27 
17 

1 

118 
108 

8 
6 

11 
5 

90 
90 

1 
3 

6 
3 

6 
3 

40 
33 

6 
2 

1 

4 
3 

27 

24 

3 
3 

3 

27 

18 

6 

1 

1 
1 

15 
13 

3 
2 

1 
1 

1 

9 
15 

3 

7 

1 

3 
5 

2 
2 

38 
54 

2 

10 
11 

1 
3 

6 
11 

14 

19 

3 
5 

1 

2 
5 

1 

24 
25 

3 
6 

3 
2 

11 
15 

5 

1 

5 

1 

42 
32 

2 
2 

1 
2 

1 
3 

28 
24 

5 

1 

5 

1 

1 

1 

75 

74 

1 

5 

8 

5 

2 

1 

4 

8 

40 

28 

16 
10 

6 

1 

10 
9 

1 
2 

1 

no 

95 

1 

3 

7 

23 
8 

3 
2 

15 

7 

31 

28 

13 
20 

6 
5 

7 
15 

1 

4 

4 

1 

158 
151 

1 
2 

4 

2 

19 
11 

3 

7 

20 
20 

38 

28 

19 
35 

11 
19 

8 
16 

9 
4 

1 

_ 

188 
168 

4 

18 

8 

11 
7 

17 
12 

30 
21 

35 
39 

20 
24 

15 
15 

8 
4 

1 

148 
165 

3 

1 

1 

16 
9 

6 
9 

31 
22 

3 
12 

23 

42 

15 
31 

8 
11 

5 

3 

1 

1 

1 

i 

116 
127 

1 
3 

2 
4 

6 
6 

12 
14 

23 

29 

3 
2 

30 
31 

15 
16 

15 
15 

2 
2 

1 

1 

44 
85 

2 

1 
1 

2 

:t 

13 

27 

17 
19 

8 
4 

9 
15 

1 

1 

5 
25 

1 

4 

9 

3 
6 

3 

1 

5 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1   - 

- 

168 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


1 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths 

(exclusive  OF  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

.2 

e2 

MONTHS. 

1 

s 

>> 

3 

a 

1 

6 
5 

■-5 

i 

3 
< 

1 
a 

1 
1 
O 

1 
> 
o 

1 

V. 

113 

114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
VI. 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 

Diseases  of  the  Digestive 
System  —  Con. 

Cirrhosis  of  the  liver,* 

Biliary  calculi,*     . 

Other  diseases  of  the  liver,  . 

Diseases  of  the  spleen, 

Simple  peritonitis  (nonpuer- 
peral ^ 

Other  diseases  of  the  diges- 
tive system    (cancer   and 
tuberculosis  excepted). 

Noxvenereal  Diseases  of 
THE  Genito-Urixary  Sys- 
tem AXD  ADXEXA. 

Acute  nephritis,    . 

Bright's  disease,* 

Chyluria,*     .... 

Other  diseases  of  the  kidneys 
and  adnexa. 

Calculi  of  urinary  passages,* 

Diseases  of  the  bladder,* 

Diseases  of  the  urethra,  uri- 
nary abscess,  etc.* 

Diseases  of  the  prostate,*     . 

Nonvenereal  diseases  of  the 
male  genital  organs.* 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

181 
1.30 
51 

181 
51 
130 

99 
35 
64 

3 

3 

46 
16 
30 

21 
12 
9 

4,273 
2,203 
2,070 

304 
155 

149 

3,368 
1,724 
1,644 

71 
35 
36 

29 
13 
16 

88 
65 
23 

8 
6 
2 

194 
194 

11 
11 

13 

4 

5 

9 

1 
6 

2 
3 

2 
3 

225 
181 

9 
6 

181 
154 

5 
3 

2 

7 
1 

% 

21 

7 
2 

6 
13 

9 

2 

1 

2 

212 

178 

16 
20 

166 
142 

4 
3 

8 
2 

16 
2 

13 
5 

2 
12 

3 

1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

216 

197 

r? 

166 
153 

3 
2 

1 
2 

7 
3 

1 
22 

7 
5 

3 
18 

9 
5 

1 
2 

1 
1 

201 
178 

16 
17 

157 
134 

3 

4 

1 
1 

3 

1 
16 

1 

12 

9 

6 
11 

4 
3 

4 

2 

3 

194 
179 

13 
17 

158 
140 

2 
1 

2 

1 
1 

18 

10 

4 

3 

7 

3 
6 

~ 
1 

162 
156 

11 
15 

127 
120 

2 

1 
2 

2 

1 

13 

6 
6 

3 
19 

4 
3 

6 

1 

174 
136 

19 

8 

136 
109 

1 

2 

5 

1 

1 
10 
2 

13 
3 

~i 
11 

1 
4 

1 

1 
4 

145 
162 

10 

7 

114 
133 

3 
4 

3 

1 

-  4 

1 

10 
1 

14 

4 

1 
3 

1 

3 
1 

2 

139 
149 

11 
10 

110 
115 

I 

- 
4 

3 

2 

4 

1 

5 

8 
7 

2 
8 

4 

149 
186 

7 
10 

117 
142 

4 
5 

2 

4 

4 
4 

1 
14 

'I 

3 
10 

3 
4 

1 
2 

1 

190 
165 

13 

7 

139 
143 

5 

3 

1 

1 
24 

2 

17 
4 

7 
10 

5 

7 

1 
2 

1. 

196 
203 

14 
15 

153 
159 

5 
5 

4 
3 

19 

1 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  cf  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


169 


Each  Cause  axd  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 


A 

f 

AGE  OF 

DECEDENTS 

(YEARS) - 

Con 

c4 

CO 

^ 

s 

o 
o 

^    1 

o 

si 

o 

i 

S 

g 

s 

s 
s 

gi  i  S 

3      2 

2 

o 

1 

.2 

113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
VI. 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 

1 

4 

1 

1 

27 
24 

8 
13 

6 
5 

4 
5 

2 

7 

2 
1 

8 
9 

2 

7 

4 
1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
7 

1 

4 

3 

1 

i 

2 

2 
2 

1 

- 

1 

4 
5 

2 
2 

2 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

_ 
_ 

2 

16 
10 

9 
6 

6 
3 

1 
1 

1 

1 

12 
12 

6 
6 

5 
5 

1 

1 

1 
1 

19 
14 

4 
5 

- 
13 

7 

2 

- 
4 

2 
2 

3 

6 

~ 

62 
96 

16 
16 

U 
46 

1 
5 

_ 

1 
2 

~ 

I 

6 

1 

1 

6 

5 

3 

2 

7 

2 

1 

_ 
112 
182 

22 
16 

83 
105 

4 
8 

1 
3 

2 

1 

25 
4 

11 
21 

4 
9 

1 

2 

7 

2 

228 
287 

26 
14 

195 
199 

2 

4 

34 
10 

18 
42 

8 
17 

_ 
- 
4 

4 
4 

358 
311 

18 
25 

313 
253 

4 

7 

2 

1 

6 

1 

1 
1 

13 

1 

38 
17 

12 
35 

6 
12 

1 

1 

- 
1 
1 

_ 

565 
423 

_ 
17 
12 

469 
384 

6 

1 

3 

4 

10 
4 

3 
56 

1 

19 
11 

5 
14 

5 

7 

5 

1 

2 
3 

500 
427 

11 

9 

401 
397 

6 
2 

4 
2 

17 
5 

61 

4 
3 

1 
9 

3 
5 

1 

262 
226 

9 
10 

170 
206 

2 

1 

20 
5 

1 
58 

1 

1 

1 
3 

24 
34 

2 
2 

13 

27 

5 

4 

4 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

170         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


1 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

^ 

months. 

1 

1 

'3 

0 

c 

'-i 

h 

S 
p 

^ 

^ 

03 

a 

< 

i 

1-5 

1 

< 

1 
G 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

VI. 

NOXVEXEBEAL  DISEASES  OF 
THE  GeNITO-URIXARY  SYS- 
TEM AND  Adnexa  — Con. 

128 

Uterine    hemorrhage    (non- 
puerperal). 

T 
M 
F 

4 

4 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

129 

Uterine   tumor   (noncancer- 
ous).* 

T 
M 
F 

72 
72 

8 

3 

11 

5 

5 

5 

9 

7 

4 

9 

3 

3 

130 

Other  diseases  of  the  uterus,* 

T 
M 
F 

30 
30 

1 

3 

2 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

3 

4 

3 

7 

131 

Cysts  and  other  tumors  of 
the  ovary. 

T 
M 
F 

26 
26 

1 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

4 

1 

4 

1 

5 

132 

Salpingitis   and    other    dis- 
eases of  the  female  genital 
organs. 

T 
M 

65 
65 

7 

3 

4 

7 

7 

7 

5 

4 

8 

- 
4 

3 

6 

133 

Nonpuerperal  diseases  of  the 
breast  (cancer  excepted).* 

T 
M 
F 

3 
3 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

VII. 

The  Puerperal  Stage. 

T 
M 
F 

622 
622 

106 

59 

63 

57 

37 

31 

42 

46 

39 

37 

49 

56 

134 

Accidents  of  pregnancy,* 

T 
F 

110 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

110 

37 

20 

13 

3 

3 

3 

8 

7 

5 

4 

1 

6 

135 

Puerperal  hemorrhage,* 

T 
M 
F 

67 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

67 

8 

7 

7 

4 

1 

6 

4 

6 

3 

6 

7 

8 

136 

Other  accidents  of  labor,*    . 

T 
M 
F 

86 
86 

32 

9 

8 

5 

3 

- 
6 

4 

3 

4 

1 

6 

5 

137 

Puerperal  septicemia,* 

T 
M 

F 

163 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

163 

13 

11 

12 

28 

12 

2 

13 

14 

12 

10 

15 

21 

138 

Puerperal  albuminuria  and 
convulsions.* 

T 
M 
F 

129 
129 

12 

9 

15 

12 

13 

11 

7 

11 

11 

12 

7 

9 

139 

Puerperal    phlegmasia   alba 
dolens,    embolus,    sudden 
death.* 

T 
F 

66 
66 

4 

3 

8 

5 

5 

3 

6 

5 

4 

4 

13 

6 

140 

Following    childbirth     (not 
otherwise  defined).* 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

141 

Puerperal    diseases    of    the 
breast.* 

T 
M 

F 

1 
1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  wthout  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


171 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes, 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

ACCORDING 

TO  THE  Detailed  International 

6 
2; 

AGE   OF   DECEDENTS   (YEARS )  —  Con. 

1 

^ 
P 

««i 

e»i 

^ 

O 

o 

c 

c 

i 

si 

o 

i 

el 

o 

S 

o 

g 

S 

o 

s 

-2 

s 

e 
o 

5 
1 

a 

128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
VII. 
134 
135 
136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 

1 

- 

- 
_ 

" 

- 

1 
_ 

1 

18 

I 
5 

2 
6 
4 
1 

7 

6 

1 

12 

1 

280 

59 

23 

40 

- 
76 

55 

27 

1 

10 

10 

3 

25 

278 
42 
39 
40 
70 
54 
32 

1 

2 

27 

5 

7 

21 

46 
4 
5 
4 
11 
16 
6 

10 
3 
6 
4 

7 
5 
3 

2 

1 

1 

6 
5 

4 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

172         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


d 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

■^ 

H 

months. 

i 

^ 
^ 

5. 
< 

^ 
S 

6 
3 

3 

< 

s 

B 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

VIII. 
142 
143 
144 
145 
IX. 
146 
147 
148 
149 
X. 
150 
150a 
1506 
150c 
XI. 
151 

Diseases  of  the  Skix  and 
OF  THE  Cellular  Tissue. 

Gangrene,      .... 

Furuncle,       .... 

Acute  abscess, 

Other  diseases  of  the  skin 
and  adnexa.* 

Diseases    of    the    Boxes 
AND   OF  THE  Organs  of 
Locomotion. 

Diseases  of  the  bones  (tuber- 
culosis excepted).* 

Diseases  of  the  joints  (tuber- 
culosis   and    rheumatism 
excepted).* 

Amputations, 

Other  diseases  of  the  organs 
of  locomotion. 

Malformations.* 

Congenital      malformations 
(stillbirths  not  included;.* 

Hydrocephalus,* 

Congenital  malformations 
of  the  heart.* 

Other   congenital    malfor- 
mations. 

Early  Infancy. 

Congenital  debility,  icterus 
and  sclerema. 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 

F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

169 
109 
60 

48 
28 
20 

44 
35 

9 

52 
31 
21 

25 
15 

10 

88 
56 
32 

80 
52 

28 

7 
3 
4 

1 
1 

727 
396 
331 

727 
396 
331 

40 
23 
17 

454 
259 

195 

233 
114 
119 

2,839 
1,631 
1,208 

2,048 

1,168 

880 

10 
3 

3 

5 

1 

2 

1 

1 

6 
4 

•5 
3 

1 

1 

38 
36 

38 
36 

2 
3 

21 

25 

15 

8 

173 
136 

130 
102 

7 
8 

1 
4 

2 

3 
3 

1 
1 

3 
5 

3 
5 

41 
31 

41 
31 

1 

- 
29 
19 

11 
12 

154 
113 

100 

84 

13 

4 

4 
2 

1 
1 

6 
1 

2 

7 

1 

7 
1 

48 
39 

48 
39 

5 
3 

36 
24 

7 
12 

132 
95 

98 

72 

8 
8 

5 

2 

1 

6 

1 

1 

4 
4 

3 
3 

1 
1 

42 
26 

42 
26 

2 

2 

31 
16 

9 
8 

147 

94 

100 

68 

5 

3 

1 
1 

2 

2 
1 

1 

6 

6 
6 

1 

33 
24 

33 
24 

21 
13 

12 
11 

132 

85 

94 
55 

7 
7 

2 

3 
3 

3 

2 

1 

5 

4 

4 
2 

1 
2 

22 
21 

22 
21 

1 
1 

13 
15 

8 
5 

118 
86 

86 
69 

10 
3 

1 

4 

1 

2 
1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

19 
25 

19 
25 

2 
3 

8 
12 

9 
10 

126 
80 

88 
51 

7 
6 

5 

2 
2 

2 

2 

5 
3 

5 

3 

21 
23 

21 
23 

1 
1 

15 
15 

5 

7 

120 
80 

88 
59 

10 
3 

2 

1 

J 

2 

3 
2 

3 

4 

1 

4 
1 

30 
26 

30 
26 

3 

20 
14 

7 
12 

_ 
113 
93 

84 
76 

16 
2 

5 

1 

6 
2 

3 

1 

3 
1 

3 
1 

41 

29 

41 
29 

2 
1 

26 
16 

13 
12 

131 
110 

97 
81 

8 
6 

3 
2 

2 

1 
3 

2 

1 

2 

25 
22 

25 
22 

1 
1 

19 
12 

5 

9 

137 

97 

102 
72 

8 

2 

36 

29 

36 
29 

3 

20 
14 

13 
13 

148 
139 

101 

91 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


173 


Each  Ca.use  axd  Class  of  Causes, 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

ACCORDING  TO  THE    DETAILED   INTERNATIONAL 

4 

age  of  decedents  (teaks)  —  Con. 

1 

1 

Id 

p* 

M 

^ 

■A 

0 

o 

B 

i 

g 

s 

-S 

s 

'     o 
eo 

S 

3 
S 

1 

o 
1 

c 

VIII. 

142 

143 

144 

145 

IX. 

146 

147 

148 

149 

X. 
150 
1503 
1506 
150c 

XI. 
151 

23 
12 

2 

3 

1 

7 
7 

11 
4 

2 
5 

1 
5 

1 

373 
323 

373 
323 

17 
16 

244 
191 

112 
116 

1,626 
1,202 

1,163 

874 

2 

1 

1 

1 
1 

3 
'  3 

9 
4 

9 
4 

2 

1 

6 

1 

I 
2 

5 

6 

5 

6 

2 
1 

2 

1 

6 

2 

6 
2 

3 

2 
2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 
1 

1 

- 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 

2 

- 

- 
2 

2 

- 
2 

6 
3 

6 
3 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

I 

- 

2 

2 

6 
6 

6 
5 

1 

2 
2 

2 

4 

1 

3 

1 

1 

6 

1 

5 

1 

1 

2 

2 

.    1 

5 

1 

7 

1 

1 

5 

7 

1 

2 

1 

2 

4 

1 
1 

6 
3 

6 
3 

15 
6 

2 

8 

1 

5 
3 

2 

4 
2 

4 
2 

9 
5 

4 
2 

5 

1 
_ 

2 

- 
5 
3 

5 
3 

12 
9 

5 
5 

4 

1 

3 
2 

1 

4 

1 

4 

1 

17 

7 

10 
3 

5 

2 
2 

1 

- 
3 
2 

2 

1 

1 
1 

11 
8 

7 
5 

3 
1 

1 

2 

3 

I 
2 

- 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

- 

174         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  — 1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths 

(ExcLU«!ivE  OF  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

.2 
1-1 

H 

MONTHS. 

1 

•-5 

>> 

1 

1 

< 

6 

3 

'-5 

"i 

bO 

3 

1 

1 

a 

1 

1 

o 

1 

XI. 

Early  Infancy  —  Con. 

151a 

Premature  birth,*      . 

T 
M 
F 

1,435 
819 
616 

90 
67 

72 
60 

68 
45 

69 
53 

71 
36 

65 
51 

56 
37 

65 
40 

54 
49 

65 
62 

71 
49 

73. 
67 

1516 

Congenital  debility,    "at- 
rophy,"     "marasmus," 
etc. 

T 
M 
F 

613 

349 
264 

40 
35 

28 
24 

30 
27 

31 
15 

23 
19 

21 
18 

32 
14 

23 
19 

30 
27 

32 
19 

31 
23 

28 
24 

152 

Other  causes  peculiar  to  early 
infancy. 

T 
M 
F 

787 
460 
327 

43 
34 

54 
29 

34 
23 

46 
26 

38 
30 

31 
16 

37 
29 

32 
21 

29 
17 

34 

29 

35 
25 

47 

48 

152a 

Injuries  at  birth,*      . 

T 
il 
F 

371 
222 
149 

23 
6 

24 
12 

10 
15 

22 
14 

21 

18 

14 

7 

20 
14 

13 
11 

16 
6 

- 
19 
17 

21 

9 

19 
20 

152b 

Other   causes   peculiar  to 
early  infancy. 

T 
F 

416 
238 
178 

20 
28 

30 
17 

24 

8 

24 
12 

17 
12 

17 
9 

17 
15 

19 
10 

13 
11 

15 
12 

14 
16 

28 
28 

153 

Lack  of  care,* 

T 
M 
F 

4 
3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

XII. 

Old  Age. 

T 
M 
F 

210 
58 
152 

6 
19 

8 
14 

_ 

5 
12 

5 
16 

3 
3 

3 
11 

5 

9 

6 
18 

4 
17 

4 
15 

5 
10 

4 
8 

154 

Senility 

T 
M 
F 

210 
58 
152 

6 
19 

8 
14 

5 
12 

5 
16 

3 
3 

3 
11 

5 

9 

6 
18 

4 
17 

4 
15 

5 
10 

4 
8 

XIII. 

External  Causes. 

T 
M 
F 

3,242 
2,255 

987 

187 
107 

175 

88 

165 
74 

188 
80 

202 
90 

203 

82 

206 

83 

204 
72 

159 

61 

182 
76 

163 

76 

221 

98 

155- 
163 

Suicide  (total),      . 

T 
F 

445 
292 
153 

22 
11 

27 
11 

29 
10 

32 
17 

32 
14 

32 
16 

22 
15 

21 
19 

14 
10 

22 

7 

19 
9 

20 
14 

155 

By  poison, 

T 
M 
F 

37 
18 
19 

4 
1 

1 

2 

1 

4 
3 

1 
6 

2 

1 

1 
3 

2 

1 

2 
1 

1 

- 

156 

By  asphyxia. 

T 
M 
F 

125 
62 
63 

3 
4 

7 
4 

7 
4 

9 
5 

6 

7 

3 
8 

3 
3 

2 
5 

6 
6 

9 
3 

4 

4 

3 
10 

157 

By  hanging  or  strangula- 
tion.* 

T 
M 
F 

58 
40 
18 

3 
2 

3 

1 

5 

1 

5 
3 

1 

5 

1 

2 
3 

3 
5 

1 

1 
1 

3 

2 

158 

By  drowning,*  . 

T 
F 

51 
23 

28 

1 
2 

2 

1 

4 
4 

t 

2 

1 

1 

9 

3 

1 
4 

1 
2 

2 

1 

1 
3 

2 
2 

159 

By  firearms,*     . 

T 
M 

F 

127 

116 

11 

7 

11 

2 

10 

1 

8 

14 

17 

1 

9 
3 

11 

3 

5 

1 

7 

10 

7 

160 

By  cutting  or  piercing  in- 
struments.* 

T 
M 
F 

30 

26 

4 

3 

1 

2 
1 

2 

: 

1 

4 

1 

5 

2 

i 

1 

1 
1 

4 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


175 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according  to  the  Detailed  International 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 


4 

AGE  OF  DECEDENTS  ( YEARS) — Con. 

■J 

1 

C 

T-i 

«>« 

M 

^ 

1 

s     s 

o 

S  j  s 

o  i  o 

S 

o 

S 

s 

si 

o 

i 

i 

o 
n 
c 

1 

a 

% 

a 

151a 

151& 

152 

152a 

1526 

153 

XII. 

154 

XIII. 

155- 
163 

155 
156 
157 
158 
159 
160 

819 
616 

344 

258 

460 
327 

222 
149 

238 
178 

3 

1 

_ 

47 
29 

_ 
- 

5 

6 

37 
21 

- 

51 

29 

~- 

_ 

62 
34 

I 

: 

45 
25 

177 
85 

133 
30 

1 
1 

1 
1 

126 
29 

9 
5 

1 

3 
1 

_ 

1 
1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

294 
86 

41 
29 

1 
4 

5 

7 

1 

4 

4 
6 

25 
4 

2 

1 

316 

81 

55 

29 

6 
9 

9 
11 

6 
2 

3 
4 

24 

1 

5 

1 

293 
89 

60 
29 

7 
1 

12 
15 

9 
2 

5 
8 

20 
6 

256 
93 

59 
22 

4 
2 

15 
10 

9 
2 

5 
5 

22 
2 

4 

2 
6 

2 
6 

186 
98 

39 
23 

1 

11 
12 

I 

2 
2 

12 

1 

5 

1 

12 
32 

12 
32 

151 
122 

17 
10 

5 
3 

4 
1 

2 

2 

4 

2 
1 

30 
73 

30 
73 

63 
115 

9 
5 

2 
4 

1 

1 

_ 

4 

1 

1 

14 
39 

14 
39 

•  12 
21 

1 
1 

2 

2 

6 

1 

1 

176         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Stx 

i5 

1 

months. 

1 

i 

i 

x" 
2 

1 

P. 

< 

^ 

§ 

1 

< 

1 
1 

1 

1 

e 

1 

1 

XIII. 

161 

162 

163 

164- 
181, 
185, 
186 

164 
165 
166 
167 
168 
169 
170 
171 
172 
173 
174 
175 

External  Causes  — Cod. 

By    jumping    from     high 
places.* 

By  crushing,*    . 

Other  suicides,* 

Accidental      or      undefined 
(total). 

Poisoning  by  food,     . 

Other  acute  poisonings,     . 

Conflagration,* 

Burns    (conflagration    ex- 
cepted).* 

Absorption  of  deleterious 
gases.* 

Accidental  drowning,* 

Traumatism  by  firearms,  . 

Traumatism  by  cutting  or 
piercing  instruments. 

Traumatism  by  fall,* 

Traumatism  in  mines  and 
quarries.* 

Traumatism  by  machines,* 

Traumatism      by      other 
crushing. 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

:\i 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

10 
4 
6 

4 

2 

2 
3 

I 

2,695 

1,882 

813 

13 

1118 
90 

28 

21 
15 
6 

296 
1.35 
161 

207 
139 
68 

292 

251 

41 

.      36 
33 
3 

1 
1 

535 
270 
265 

52 

50 

2 

857 
672 
185 

1 
1 

157 

92 

2 

2 

10 

32 

26 
13 

28 
6 

2 

1 

16 
26 

3 

1 

38 
9 

1 

141 

76 

1 

3 

7 

1 
3 

14 
16 

16 

7 

10 

1 

4 

1 

~ 

28 
24 

3 

1 

43 
10 

130 
62 

4 
2 

1 
1 

16 
13 

16 
4 

14 
2 

3 

29 

27 

1 

36 
10 

2 

1 

146 
63 

2 

4 

2 

13 
11 

10 

7 

17 
3 

24 
19 

6 

56 
15 

1 

163 
74 

1 
1 

4 
2 

1 

7 
17 

- 
8 
6 

31 

1 

1 

1 

29 
25 

'4 

60 
19 

2 

1 

167 
65 

1 

1 
2 

8 
3 

5 

2 

_ 

36 
3 

3 

_ 

24 
32 

3 

67 
18 

175 

67 

1 

2 

3 
3 

2 

10 
10 

2 

2 

44 
9 

- 
3 

17 
19 

5 

57 
15 

2 

176 
50 

1 

4 
1 

1 

9 
8 

4 
3 

33 
5 

1 

26 
12 

6 

65 
20 

133 
51 

11 

3 
17 

6 

21 
17 

6 

56 
17 

1 

159 
67 

1 
1 

1 
1 

13 

8 

15 
6 

7 
2 

2 

20 
25 

2 

82 
22 

140 
66 

1 
1 

6 

1 

1 

10 
12 

16 
8 

5 

1 

4 

18 
20 

- 
5 

59 
20 

2 

2 

195 
80 

58 
5 

2 
1 

14 
29 

17 

7 

9 
4 

4 

1 

18 
19 

6 

53 
10 

*  Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 
1  Sixty-four  deaths  from  wood-alcohol  poisoning. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


177 


Each  Cause  axd  Class  of  Causes,  according 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

TO  THE  Detailed  Internatioj 

-AL 

o 

1 

AGE  OF  decedents  (years)  —  Con. 

^ 

CJ 

M 

«* 

o 
in 

o 

s 

o 

o 

o 

i 

s 

s 

s 
s 

i 

s 

O 

i 

s 

1 

i 

1 

a 

161 

162 

163 

164- 
181, 
185, 
186 

164 
165 
166 
167 
168 
169 
170 
171 
172 
173 
174 
175 

40 
25 

1 
3 

1 

6 

1 

17 
10 

2 
3 

4 
2 

_ 
1 

37 
21 

2 

2 

20 
9 

2 
3 

7 
5 

- 
- 

4 

1 

I 

_ 

50 

29 

1 
2 

1 

20 
18 

1 
1 

4 
3 

_ 
1 

9 

1 

1 

8 
2 

62 
32 

1 

1 
2 

14 

17 

1 

9 
2 

8 
5 

23 
6 

45 
25 

2 

1 

11 
14 

6 

3 
2 

21 

7 

: 

_ 

175 
85 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 

10 

28 

2 

- 

37 
6 

2 

1 

9 
6 

1 

99 
40 

131 

29 

1 

1 

2 

40 
6 

12 

3 
3 

2 

63 
12 

109 
23 

1 

1 

1 

4 

2 

5 

4 

35 
2 

7 

4 
2 

4 

47 
10 

2 
2 

1 
1 

- 

232 
51 

12 
5 

3 

1 

10 

8 

8 
7 

42 
8 

8 

1 

17 

2 

9 

91 
18 

1 

1 

1 

238 

48 

24 
8 

6 
5 

25 
6 

28 
3 

2 

1 

29 
10 

_ 

13 

1 

71 
13 

1 

1 
1 

224 

58 

2 
2 

27 
4 

2 

9 
17 

15 

4 

18 
4 

1 

34 
5 

7 

77 
19 

1 

193 
69 

1 

11 

2 

1 
1 

8 
10 

26 
15 

13 
1 

25 
17 

6 

1 

72 
15 

145 
75 

1 

6 

2 

6 
15 

19 
8 

11 

31 

28 

4 

48 
22 

2 

1 

132 
112 

1 

1 

7 
7 

17 

7 

1 

1 

48 
71 

3 

37 
17 

- 

53 
110 

1 

- 

1 

3 

7 

- 
3 
5 

_ 

1 

31 

88 

_ 

8 
2 

11 

21 

1 
1 

8 
18 

1 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
5 

2 

2 

178         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

3 

months. 

i 

Q 

i 

1-5 

1 

1 

i 

1 

i 

3 

1-5 

< 

1 

-1 

i 

a 

1 

2 

3 

XIII. 

175a 

17  ob 
175c 

md 

175e 

176 

177 

178 

179 

180 

181 

185 

186 

182- 
184 

182 
183 
184 

External  Causes  — Con. 

Railroad  accidents  and 
injuries.* 

Street-car  accidents  and 
injuries.* 

Automobile       accidents 
and  injuries.* 

Injuries    by    other    ve- 
hicles.* 

Landslide,  other  crush- 
ing.* 

Injuries  by  animals,* 

Starvation,* 

Excessive  cold,* 

Effects  of  heat,* 

Lightning,* 

Electricity    (lightning   ex- 
cepted).* 

Fractures  (cause  not  spec- 
ified). 

Other  external  violence,    . 

Homicide  (total),* 

By  firearms,*     . 

By  cutting  or  piercing  in- 
struments.* 

By  other  means,* 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

T 
M 
F 

T 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

¥ 

T 

¥ 

T 
•M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

171 
152 

19 

73 
56 
17 

532 
388 
144 

73 
68 
5 

8 
8 

10 
10 

1 

1 

13 
11 
2 

26 
16 
10 

23 
23 

19 
8 
11 

175 
152 
23 

102 
81 
21 

54 

47 

15 
12 
3 

33 
22 
11 

14 

3 

4 

1 

17 
5 

2 

1 
1 

4 

1 

2 

1 

22 
3 

8 
4 

3 

1 

3 

1 

2 
2 

14 

1 

7 

1 

19 
8 

2 

1 

1 
2 

1 
2 

16 
2 

7 
1 

4 

3 
1 

11 

1 
4 

19 
6 

4 
1 
1 

1 
1 

8 
2 

6 
2 

6 

1 
1 

9 
2 

5 

2 

31 
11 

11 

1 

3 

12 
4 

10 
6 
2 
2 

16 
4 

6 

1 

28 
14 

10 

1 

3 

1 

12 

2 

7 
2 

2 

1 

2 

3 

1 

16 

2 

1 

39 
15 

8 
2 

2 

6 
4 

1 

1 

10 
2 

4 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 

16 

1 

1 
1 

38 
12 

i 

1 

3 

9 
6 

2 

~ 

1 
1 

16 

9 

1 

6 

1 

2 

1 

10 
2 

8 

41 

17 

6 

1 

3 

3 

1 

18 

1 

7 
3 

3 

4 
3 

12 

7 

1 

_ 
30 
14 

7 
1 

2 

2 

7 
3 

12 
10 

2 

15 

2 

5 
4 

51 
16 

10 

_ 
1 

2 

5 

2 
9 

1 
2 

_ 
1 

1 

1 

7 
2 

3 

48 
18 

1 
1 

2 

12 
3 

4 

1 

3 

1 
1 

12 

1 

7 
1 

27 
8 

7 

2 
2 

1 

1 
1 

10 

1 

6 
4 

3 
2 

1 
1 

_ 
2 
1 

Acceptable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  autopsy.    See  pages  239  to  243. 


No.  L] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


Each  Cause  and  Cl.^^s  of  Causes, 
AND  BT  Age  and  Sex:   1919  —  Con. 

ACCORDING 

TO  THE  Detailed  International 

J 

age  of  decedents  (years)  —  Con. 

:;3 

a 

ci 

eo 

'Si 

s 
s 

o 

5 

n    si 

S  ;    -2 

5 

o 

i 

s 

s 
s 

s 

S 

s 

si 

2 

> 

o 

03 

1 

5 

O 

5 

175a 

1756 

175c 

175rf 

175s 

176 

177 

178 

179 

180 

181 

185 

186 

182- 
184 

182 
183 
184 

1 

1 

3 
6 

3 

1 

7 
4 

7 
4  i 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 
2 

1 

4 
2 

3 

1 

4 

1 

1 

i 

2 

3 

2 

16 

4 

2 

5 
2 

2t 

2 
3 

10 

7 

6 

- 

2 
1 

7 

4 
2 

83 
36 

4 
2 

1 

11 
2 

2 
1 
1 

10 
2 

4 

1 

42 
9 

2 

1 

6 
4 

1 

1 

13 

1 

3 

24 
9 

6 

1 

1 

2 

8 

1 

7 

"l 
-  1 

i 

23 
3 

5 

2 

49 
12 

14 

1 

2 

9 

20 

1 

21 
6 

11 
4 

5 

1 

5 

26 
3 

2 

1 

36 
9 

6 

1 

1 
3 

2 

1 

6 

27 

23 
4 

16 
2 

3 
1 

4 
1 

24 

2 

7 
1 

38 
15 

8 

1 
3 

5 

1 

22 
3 

9 
2 

6 
'1 

3 

1 

25 
3 

32 
10 

2 
3 
3 

1 
2 

1 

2 

1 

21 
6 

4 
2 

3 

1 
2  1 

13 
3 

6 
4 

26 
14 

2 
1 

1 
1 

1 
2 

1 

13 
1 

2 

1 

1 

6 
2 

4 

1 

22 
14 

4 
1 
1 

1 

2 

1 

2 
5 

11 
2 

2 
2 

1 

3 

1 

1 
3 

1 
2 

1 

2 
3 

3 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

- 

2 

1 

180 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 
Z 

Table  55 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  (exclusive  of  Stillbirths)  from 
List,  by  Months  and  Sex 

.— 

i 

months. 

t 
1 

i 

>> 

IS 

J3 

< 

1 

s 

>-> 

s 

M 
< 

J. 

1 

1 

E 

i 

1 

XIV. 

187 
188 
189 

189a 

1896 

Ill-defined  Diseases. 

Ill-defined  organic  disease,  . 

Sudden  death, 

Not  specified  or  ill-defined 
(total). 

Ill-defined, 

Not  specified  or  unknown. 

T 
M 
F 

Un. 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

M 

F 

Un. 

T 

M 

F 

Un. 

T 
M 
F 

Un. 

201 
114 
79 

8 

201 
114 

79 
8 

98 
53 
43 

2 

103 

61 

36 

6 

23 
14 

23 
14 

14 
10 

9 
4 

9 
9 

9 
9 

3 
9 

6 

11 
5 
1 

11 
5 

1 

8 
5 

1 

3 

14 
11 

14 
11 

4 
4 

10 

7 

14 
4 

1 

14 
4 
1 

9 
2 

5 
2 

1 

9 
5 

- 

9 
5 

2 

7 
5 

7 
4 
1 

7 
4 

1 

1 

1 

6 
3 

1 

4 
4 

1 

4 
4 

1 

1 

1 

3 
3 

1 

6 
_2 

6 

2 

- 

2 
2 

4 

3 
6 
2 

3 
6 
2 

1 
2 

_ 
2 
4 
2 

7 
7 

7 
7 

2 
2 

5 
5 

7 
8 
2 

7 
8 
2 

6 
5 

1 

1 
3 
1 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


181 


Each  Cause  and  Class  of  Causes,  according 
AND  BY  Age  and  Sex:  1919  —  Con. 

TO  THE  Detailed  INTERNATIO^ 

AL 

6 

Q 

AGE    OF    DECEDENTS    (YEARS)  —  Con. 

ri 

C 
P 

1-4 

eq 

CO 

•* 

I 

1 

si 

si 

B 
g 

s 

o 

i 

si 

i 

c 

1 

a 

XIV. 

T87 
188 
189 

189a 

1896 

40 

28 

1 

40 

28 

1 

15 

14 

1 

25 
14 

4 
5 

4 
5 

2 

4 

2 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

- 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

I 
2 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

4 
3 

4 
3 

2 

4 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 

1 
2 

1 
2 

9 

1 

9 

1 

6 
1 

3 

10 

8 

I 

10 

8 

- 

I 

5 
5 

15 
5 

15 
5 

8 
3 

7 
2 

11 

6 

11 
6 

6 

2 

5 

4 

8 
8 

8 
8 

l 

- 

4 
3 

- 
1 

5 

1 

5 

1 
4 

1 

2 
2 

2 
2 

2 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 
7 

1 
7 

1 
1 

1 

6 

182         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


CArsE  OF  Death. 


All  Causes.^ 


Tyehoid  fever  (1), 
Malaria  (4), 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6), 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 


Whooping  cough  (8) , 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),  . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

Cancer  (39-45) 

Rheumatism  (47,  48), 


Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63o),  .... 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

Acute  endocarditis  (78) 

Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79) ,  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80),         .... 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90), 


Deaths  from 


Broncho-pneumonia  (91) , 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104),  , 

Appendicitis  (108),    .         .         . 
Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113),       .         .         .         . 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141), 

Congenital  debilitv  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186),     . 
Burns  [conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     . 
Traumatism  hy  fall  (172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  (175c), 


Suicide  (155-163) 

Homicide  (182-184),  .... 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60,  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  £9101,  105-107, 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153) 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


52,345 

107 

4 

2 

183 

122 

323 
593 

2,872 
78 
51 

4,221 
410 
289 

4,112 
201 

633 

325 

15 

4,272 

414 
6,031 

458 

1,691 

694 

2,665 

2,614 

340 

386 

1,493 

391 

442 

181 

3,672 

197 

163 


2,775 
210 


2,695 
296 
292 
535 
171 
532 

445 
102 


4,813 
201 


61 


25     39     133     41       4     132 


1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


183 


Important  Causes  in  Each  Municipality:  1919. 

1 

1 

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< 

c 
S 

< 

03 

c 

1 

02 

1 

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1 

1 

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d 
§ 

c 

< 

1 

£ 

1 

1 

o 

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ffl 

i 

s 

1 

btl 

C 

1 

1 

a 

1 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 
16 

(37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

(23) 
22 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 
28 
29 

30 

31 
32 

33 
34 

(35) 

(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 

(35) 

(37) 
38 

212 

4 

7 
2 
2 

10 

2 
16 

I 

16 

3 
29 

4 
10 

4 

7 
9 
1 
3 
2 

3 
3 
1 

17 

1 

2 
4 

12 

1 

11 

1 
1 
1 
6 

3 

19 

18 

: 
1 

1 
1 

6 
3 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

14 

2 

2 
4 

15 

1 

1 

6 
5 

1 
1 

21 

1 

1 
2 

1 

3 

1 

1 
1 

5 

1 

2 
1 
1 

2 

120 

1 

1 
2 
7 
1 

8 

13 

2 

1 
21, 

13 

2 

1 

2 
5 

1 
1 
4 

1 
14 

3 

3 

1 

2 

1 

8 

1 

249 

2 

1 

2 

1 

21 

14 

1 

22 
2 

2 
1 

.30. 

1 
29 
3 
3 
3 

9 
10 

1 
1 
4 

5 

2 
22 

1 

1 
1 

15 

1 

11 

1 

4 
4 

25 
2 

24 

1 
1 

2 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

2 
4 

2 

1 

1 
2 

17 

1 

1 
4 

1 
1 
1 

1 
2 

1 

3 

1 
2 

1 

37 

1 
1 

3 

1 

3 

1 
3 

5 

7 

3 
1 

1 

2 
1 

2 

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6 

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7 

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34 

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12 

1 

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1 

10 

2 

2 

3 

1 

1 

1 

-  Exclusive  of  stillbirths 


184         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death,  i 


Deaths  from 


All  Causes.  = 


Typhoid  fever  (1), 
Malaria  (4), 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6), 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 


Whooping  cough  (8), 
Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 
Influenza  (10),  .... 

Erysipelas  (18),  .... 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),  . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

Cancer  (39-45) 

Rheumatism  (47,  48),       . 


Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  .  .         . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64, 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),  . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80), 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),  .... 


65), 


Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 
Pneumonia  (92),        .... 
Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),  .         . 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113), 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137) ..... 
Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141), 
Congenital  debihty  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186),     . 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  {169),     . 
Traumatism  by  fall  {17?), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 


Suicide  (155-163), 

Homicide  (182-184),  .... 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60,  62.  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107, 
110-112. 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153) 

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241 


60 


42 


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19 


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61 

157 

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11 

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124 

66 
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152 

96 

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567 
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266 

115 

148 

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752 


613 


647 
73 
36 

131 
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1,192 
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186         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death,  i 


Deaths  from 


All  Causes.  2 


16 


Typhoid  fever  (1), 
Malaria  (4), 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6)  , 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 


Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18) , 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 


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Cancer  (39-45), 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 


Diabetes  (50) 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),   . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79), 
Angina  pectoris  (80), 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),  . 

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Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 


Appendicitis  (108),  .         - 

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151),        

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Burns  (conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  droivning  {169),     . 
Traumatism  hy  fall  {172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 

Suicide  (155-163), 

Homicide  (182-184), 

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384 


14 


171 


34 


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No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


187 


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38 

All  Causes. - 

Typhoid  fever  (1), 

Malaria  (4) 

Smallpox  (5), 

Measles  (6), 

Scarlet  fever  (7) 

Whooping  cough  (8) 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9) 

Influenza  (10) 

Ervsipelas  (18) 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19), 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),  . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),             ... 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

Cancer  (39-45) 

Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61) 

Poliomyelitis  (63a), 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65),  . 

Acute  endocarditis  (78), 

Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 

Angina  pectoris  (80), 

Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81) 

Bronchitis  (89,  90), 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104),  . 

Appendicitis  (108), 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 

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Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
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Puerperal  fever  (137) 

Other  puerperal  aff^ections  (1-34-136,  138-141),  . 
Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150, 

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Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
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Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     .... 

Traumatism  by  fall  (172) 

Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  (17oa),  . 
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17 

3 

17 

31 

1 

4 

2 
2 

1 
24 

3 

3 

7 

24 

1 

17 
3 

1 
2 

1 
3 

1 
1 

30 

82 

1 
2 
4 

3 

9 

3 

1 

6 

1 
6 

7 
2 

8 
3 
1 
1 
1 

1 
8 
2 

2 

6 

1 
2 

1 
2 

5 
4 

1,730 

4 

2 

56 

3 

11 
25 

99 

5 

141 

16 
11 
97 

1 

19 
9 

105 

15 

149 

2 

38 

57 

106 
57 
20 
15 

140 

8 

10 

5 

140 

.    7 

4 
11 

93 
6 

if 

8 
16 

9 

9 

142 

17 

1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


Xo.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


189 


Important 

Causes  ix  Each  Muxicip-ality:   1919  — 

Con 

6 

c 

;^ 

s 

■  <j 

M 

Si 

1 
B 

a 

« 

n 

C3 

M 

o 

.S 

i 

3 

i 

c 

a 

1 

>> 

S 

1 

K 

1 

i 

1 

s 
1 

c 

> 

c 

c3 

2 

c 

1 

-< 

^ 

£ 

s 

r^ 

fe 

fe 

^ 

O 

O 

o 

O 

a 

O 

O 

o 

o 

o 

o 

O 

52 

456 

2 

86 

258 

70 

12 

216 

2 

33 

8 

319 

1 

1 

112 

12 

5 

82 

184 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

1 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

8 

_ 

10 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

9 

5 

21 

_ 

1 

11 

4 

1 

9 

_ 

2 

- 

16 

- 

- 

6 

1 

- 

3 

11 

(12) 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(12) 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

4 

41 

_ 

7 

12 

3 

1 

20 

1 

2 

_ 

21 

_ 

_ 

29 

1 

- 

1 

6 

14 

_ 

6 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

15 

_ 

1 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

1 

16 

5 

44 

_ 

4 

18 

4 

1 

14 

- 

2 

- 

29 

- 

- 

11 

- 

- 

2 

15 

(37) 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

(37) 

1 

6 

_ 

2 

3 

1 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

17 

1 

- 

_ 

1 

1 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(37) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

18 

9 

18 

1 

3 

32 

11 

4 

22 

- 

2 

1 

27 

1 

- 

4 

- 

1 

9 

18 

(37) 

1 

2 

_ 

1 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

19 

2 

89 

- 

15 

32 

5 

1 

23 

- 

9 

2 

49 

- 

- 

7 

3 

- 

14 

24 

(37) 

3 

3 

_ 

1 

8 

2 

_ 

1 

_ 

3 

- 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

1 

(37) 

3 

6 

- 

2 

2 

3 

_ 

2 

- 

3 

- 

8 

- 

- 

7 

1 

- 

- 

5 

20,21 

- 

5 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

4 

(23) 

2 

27 

1 

11 

17 

_ 

1 

7 

_ 

4 

2 

14 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

4 

10 

22 

- 

28 

- 

4 

11 

2 

17 

- 

- 

- 

7 

- 

- 

7 

2 

- 

8 

8 

(23) 

_ 

2 

- 

2 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

24 

_ 

2 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

25 

1 

10 

- 

4 

- 

9 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

2 

26 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

2 

- 

27 

1 

4 

_ 

- 

3 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

28 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

29 

1 

18 

- 

11 

21 

4 

- 

22 

- 

- 

1 

23 

- 

- 

7 

- 

2 

14 

10 

30 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

31 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

32 

- 

3 

- 

1 

2 

1 

- 

5 

- 

- 

.- 

6 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

2 

33 

_ 

32 

_ 

_ 

18 

6 

_ 

14 

_ 

_ 

1 

15 

_ 

_ 

6 

_ 

1 

3 

14 

34 

- 

3 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

^ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

~ 

- 

1 

(35) 

5 

14 

7 

22 

10 

8 

1 

17 

1 

2 

1 

4 

12 

(35) 

4 

_ 

2 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

(35) 

3 

1 

5 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(35) 

2 

_ 

3 

3 

3 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

2 

(35) 

_ 

2 

- 

2 

1 

1 

_ 

3 

_ 

- 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

3 

(35) 

- 

2 

- 

- 

5 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

36 

1 

9 

_ 

_ 

4 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

8 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

1 

(35) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

(37) 

7 

41 

_ 

9 

18 

8 

1 

17 

_ 

3 

1 

27 

_ 

_ 

14 

_ 

_ 

5 

19 

38 

- 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

4 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


190 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


4 

Table  56 

Deaths  from 

< 

Cause  of  Death,  i 

C 

O 

£ 

-a 

c 

2 

o 

1 

1 

3 

c 

CD 

B 
3 

i 

c 

C3 

> 
o 

c 

03 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 
16 

(37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

(23) 
22 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 
28 
29 
30 

31 
32 
33 

34 

(35) 

(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 

(35) 
(37) 

38 

All  Causes.  - 

Typhoid  fever  (1),    . 

Malaria  (4), 

Smallpox  (5) 

Measles  (6), 

Scarlet  fever  (7) ,       . 

Whooping  cough  (8), 
Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 
Influenza  (10),           .... 
Erysipelas  (18),          .... 
Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),  . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 
Cancer  (39-45),          .... 
Rheumatism  (47,  48),       . 

Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61) ,         .... 
Poliomyelitis  (63a),  .... 
Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64, 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),  . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80) ,_                 .         . 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),  . 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 
Pneumonia  (92),       .... 
Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98) 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,'  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (1 

Appendicitis  (108), 
Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosisof  the  liver  (113),       . 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120) 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  C134-136,  138- 

Congenital  debility  and  malformations 

151), 

Senility  (154) 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186),     . 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     . 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidetits  and  injuries  {175i 

Suicide  (155-163),      .... 

Homicide  (182-184), 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  4 
51-60,  62,  63fe,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  10 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 15 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189) 

35),  ; 

04),  ■. 
of  the 

41), ; 

(150, 
homi- 

),      . 

6,  49', 
5-107, 
2,153), 

8 

_ 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

38 

4 

3 

- 
3 
1 

5 

1 
6 

1 

1 
2 

1 

1 
2 

2 

4 
1 

3 
1 

21 

1 
2 

2 

5 
4 

1 
1 

2 
3 

29 

1 
2 

3 

1 

4 

1 

4 

1 
1 

2 
1 

1 
1 

4 

1 

1 
1 

7 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

14 

- 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

3 

3 

16 

1 

3 

1 

1 
4 
1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 

5 

1 

1 

2 

1 

29 

2 

1 
4 
1 
3 

5 

2 
2 

1 
3 

1 
1 

2 
2 

36 

1 

3 

10 
2 
1 
1 

6 

1 
2 

1 
3 

1 

2 
2 

1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


191 


Important  Causes  in 

Each  Municipality:  1919  — 

Con. 

1 

M 

:i 

d 

c 
2 

1 
1 

^6 
> 

c3 

IB 

K 

a 
> 
< 

1 

1 

S 

c 

-a 
3 

1 

o 

>< 
ij 
o 

o 

a 

a 
o 

3 

1 

3 

'3 

< 

ffi 

w 

a 

W 

W 

w 

ffi 

W 

K 

a 

a 

K 

W 

W 

w 

W 

w 

w 

W 

23 

58 

36 

19 

704 

7 

4 

73 

16 

54 

41 

1 

28 

838 

36 

27 

14 

73 

30 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

_ 

_- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

~ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

3 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

7 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

10 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

8 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

14 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

11 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

9 

3 

1 

_ 

- 

47 

1 

1 

4 

- 

2 

3 

- 

2 

21 

2 

- 

- 

5 

2 

(12) 

- 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~  1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(12) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

2 

9 

2 

2 

55 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

_ 

2 

~ 

5 

67 

1 

1 

1 

5 

_ 

14 

1 

1 

_ 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

15 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

■    - 

- 

1 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

1 

- 

16 

1 

1 

2 

2 

51 

2 

1 

10 

2 

11 

2 

- 

4 

60 

6 

2 

1 

6 

4 

(37) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

8 

- 

- 

1 

- 

~ 

(37) 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

9 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

16 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

17 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

7 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(37) 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

18 

1 

2 

8 

1 

63 

4 

1 

8 

2 

9 

5 

- 

5 

56 

11 

4 

3 

9 

4 

(37) 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

19 

8 

?, 

4 

2 

79 

_ 

_ 

16 

8 

8 

3 

- 

3 

74 

1 

9 

- 

10 

4 

(37) 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

6 

2 

- 

- 

1 

1 

(37) 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

24 

_ 

_ 

2 

1 

1 

2 

- 

- 

4 

1 

1 

1 

2 

- 

20,21 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

9 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

(23) 

1 

fi 

2 

2 

27 

_ 

_ 

8 

_ 

4 

1 

_ 

2 

64 

2 

_ 

1 

2 

- 

22 

7 

2 

43 

- 

- 

3 

- 

2 

- 

- 

2 

41 

2 

2 

3 

7 

1 

(23) 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

8 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

24 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

— 

— 

— 

V 

— 

— 

- 

1 

— 

25 

- 

- 

1 

3 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

66 

- 

1 

- 

4 

- 

26 

_ 

8 

_ 

_ 

14 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

10 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

27 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

10 

_ 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

28 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

29 

2 

3 

4 

- 

39 

- 

- 

6 

2 

2 

4 

- 

1 

59 

5 

1 

- 

2 

2 

30 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

31 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

32 

- 

- 

1 

- 

9 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

11 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

33 

1 

_ 

4 

1 

40 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

3 

4 

_ 

- 

51 

1 

- 

2 

- 

1 

34 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

~ 

~ 

3 

~ 

~ 

" 

1 

" 

(35) 

1 

5 

1 

89 

1 

8 

2 

2 

5 

2 

47 

_ 

2 

_ 

4 

6 

(35) 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(35) 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

5 

- 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

4 

(35) 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

9 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

(35) 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(35) 

- 

1 

1 

- 

10 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

9 

- 

- 

"" 

- 

1 

36 

1 

7 

_ 

_ 

8 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

- 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(35) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

^ 

~ 

1 

" 

" 

" 

(37) 

2 

6 

1 

2 

66 

_ 

3 

_ 

2 

6 

_ 

2 

83 

1 

1 

_ 

10 

3 

38 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

~ 

~ 

~ 

2 

■ 

" 

" 

1 

' 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


192 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death. 


Deaths  from 


All  Causes.  2 

Typhoid  fever  (1),    . 
Malaria  (4),        .... 
Smallpox  (5),    .... 
Measles  (6),        . 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8) , 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 


Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35) 
Cancer  (39-45), 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

Diabetes  (50),  .... 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),   . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79), 
Angina  pectoris  (80), 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),   . 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (S6-88,  93-98), 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108), 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113), 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141), 
Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
cide) (164-181,  185,  186),      . 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169), 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  (175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  (175c) 


Suicide  (155-163) 

Homicide  (182-184), 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49 
51-60,  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153) , 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


22       78     32 


139 


18 


1,280 


47 


7 

19 

81 

2 

1 

138 
14 
6 

77 
7 

1 

10 


86 


70 


81 

2 

12 

_ 

17 

1 

6 

- 

17 

- 

14 

1 

3 

~ 

07 

5 

11 

- 

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193 


Important  Causes  in  Each  Municipality:  1919  —  Con. 


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1 

1 

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a 

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1 

o 

O 
C 

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J 

K 
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12 

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1 

< 

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^ 

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^ 

T 

^ 

^ 

►-5 

" 

§ 

S 

S 

S 

§ 

S 

S 

234 

13 

71 

5 

6 

19 

19 

1,708 

110 

28 

1,215 

14 

566 

34 

53 

90 

12 

190 

21 

1 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

_ 

_ 

7 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

5 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 

3 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

4 

1 

_ 

11 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

8 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

25 

_ 

_ 

30 

_ 

9 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

9 

10 

- 

5 

1 

- 

- 

1 

74 

4 

5 

84 

- 

45 

3 

4 

2 

1 

12 

1 

(12) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

_ 

- 

3 

- 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

(12) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

10 

1 

3 

_ 

_ 

3 

1 

111 

1 

1 

89 

1 

38 

_ 

2 

8 

_ 

10 

_ 

14 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

28 

3 

6 

3 

- 

- 

_ 

15 

9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

- 

- 

5 

- 

5 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

16 

20 

- 

7 

- 

- 

- 

2 

105 

5 

2 

111 

1 

50 

5 

3 

5 

- 

15 

4 

(37) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

12 

- 

- 

8 

- 

6 

- 

- 

1 

- 

_ 

- 

(37) 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

8 

2 

_ 

22 

_ 

7 

_ 

3 

1 

_ 

3 

_ 

17 

4 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

11 

- 

1 

8 

- 

5 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

(37) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

18 

24 

1 

8 

- 

- 

1 

3 

102 

3 

2 

106 

2 

32 

2 

6 

5 

3 

26 

1 

(37) 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

25 

1 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

1 

4 

_ 

19 

26 

1 

8 

1 

1 

4 

2 

127 

7 

2 

137 

2 

63 

6 

7 

23 

2 

31 

6 

(37) 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

8 

- 

1 

19 

- 

2 

1 

4 

(37) 

7 

- 

4 

- 

- 

3 

- 

128 

- 

3 

17 

_ 

34 

7 

1 

7 

_ 

11 

_ 

20,21 

1 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

47 

3 

1 

14 

1 

2 

3 

2 

- 

2 

- 

(23) 

11 

1 

2 

- 

_ 

1 

4 

92 

10 

1 

44 

1 

21 

1 

4 

2 

4 

_ 

22 

22 

- 

2 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

67 

3 

1 

65 

- 

35 

3 

2 

2 

1 

3 

1 

(23) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

■- 

11 

2 

_ 

6 

_ 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

24 

5 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

15 

_ 

_ 

6 

_ 

5 

1 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

25 

7 

~ 

2 

- 

- 

- 

127 

40 

18 

1 

8 

3 

- 

- 

5 

- 

26 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

10 

_ 

- 

13 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

9 

_ 

27 
28 
29 

30 

31 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

19 

7 

102 

8 

5 

- 

- 

13 

6 
95 

5 

3 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

- 

11 

- 

5 

- 

- 

1 

3 

6 

3 

- 

45 

2 

3 

12 

13 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 

4 

- 

1 

32 

3 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

15 

- 

- 

17 

- 

9 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

33 

9 

3 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

133 

10 

_ 

37 

1 

28 

1 

4 

3 

1 

9 

_ 

34 

4 

1 

~ 

- 

- 

14 

- 

6 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

(35) 

8 

4 

3 

1 

1 

91 

2 

3 

58 

2 

22 

1 

3 

8 

3 

(35) 

1 

- 

_ 

- 

1 

_ 

_ 

11 

1 

- 

11 

- 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

(35) 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

6 

2 

3 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

(35) 

1 

- 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

- 

17 

- 

- 

18 

- 

2 

- 

_ 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

(35) 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

(35) 

1 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

1 

20 

- 

- 

7 

- 

7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

36 
(35) 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

8 
2 

- 

- 

7 
1 

- 

6 

- 

1 

3 

- 

1 

- 

(37) 

26 

5 

13 

. 

1 

. 

. 

127 

6 

2 

121 

1 

54 

2 

2 

6 

_ 

13 

1 

38 

1 

" 

" 

" 

" 

■ 

" 

■ 

" 

" 

9 

" 

2 

- 

~ 

' 

" 

" 

" 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


194         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


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Table  56 

Cause  of  Death,  i 

Deaths  from 

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1 

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1 

c 

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IS 

z 
a 

X 

H 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 
16 

37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

(23) 
22 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 
28 
29 
30 

31 
32 
33 

34 

(35) 

(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 

(35) 
(37) 

38 

All  Causes. ' 

Typhoid  fever  (1), 

Malaria  (4), 

Smallpox  (5), 

Measles  (6), 

Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9),        .         .         .         . 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19), 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),  . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   .... 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

Cancer  (39-45;', 

Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

Diabetes  (50) 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  ('63o), 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (e4,  65),  . 

Acute  endocarditis  (78) 

Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 

Angina  pectoris  (SO), 

Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),     .         .         .         . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90), 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91),         .... 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (S6-88,  93-98), 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104),  . 

Appendicitis  (108), 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113),                         .    •     . 
Nephritis  and  Bright 's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141).  . 
Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150, 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
cide) (164-181,  185,  186),      .... 
Burns  (conflagration  excepted)   (167),      . 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     .... 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172),       .          .          .          . 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  (175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  (175c), 

Suicide  (155-163), 

Hom.icide  (182-184), 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27.  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60.  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101.  105-107, 
110-112, 114-aiS,  121-127,133,142-149,152,153,', 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 

3 

1 
1 

1 
1 

20 

3 
1 

3 

2 
5 
2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

63 

1 

1 

10 

3 
5 

1 
5 

3 

1 
2 

3 

1 
3 

4 

1 
1 
4 

2 
6 

3 

1 

2 
1 
2 

87 

1 

26 

1 
1 
9 

1 

5 

1 

8 
4 

2 
11 

1 
1 

8 

407 

1 

7 

3 

32 

29 
1 
6 

37 
2 

4 
39 

48 
6 

30 
6 

14 

28 

4 

1 

9 

1 
28 

25 

1 

9 
1 

2 
1 
2 

3 
33 

18 

1 
3 

3 

4 

1 

1 
3 

1 
1 

215 

1 

13 

1 

8 

1 
27 

1 

28 

28 
1 
8 
2 

7 
4 
3 

3 

3 

1 

17 

1 

2 

8 
2 

10 

3 
1 
2 

3 
3 

25 

14 

2 
3 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

33 

1 
1 

4 

1 
5 

4 

2 
5 

3 
3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

198 

2 

7 
1 
1 

14 

1 

1 

17 

1 

1 

18 

23 
3 
10 

11 
10 

11 

2 
14 

5 

3 

2 

20 
3 

1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


No.  1. 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


195 


Important  Causes  in  Each  Municipality:   1919  —  Con. 


1 

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3 

£ 

1 

2 

3 

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1 

1 

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1 
1 

£ 
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u 

c 

1 

3 
1 

-3 

1 

1 

1 

1 

< 
1 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 
16 

(37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

f37) 

20,21 

(23) 
22 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 
28 
29 

30 

31 
32 

33 
34 

(35) 
f35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 
(35) 

(37) 

38 

111 

1 
2 

7 

1 
1 
1 

1 

- 
12 

1 
20 

3 
17 

2 

3 

7 

1 
4 

I 
8 

_ 

1 

3 
2 

6 
2 

4 
2 

5 

3 

1 
1 

1 
1 

17 

1 

1 
2 

4 
2 

4 

_ 

1 

2 

215 

1 

13 

21 
5 

1 
15 

1 

5 

1 

22 

1 
17 
2 
4 

1 

12 
12 

1 
2 

2 
3 

20 

1 

1 
4 

10 
2 

13 
3 

1 
5 

3 

1 

21 

55 

5 

3 

3 
1 

1 
1 

3 

2 

4 

1 

2 

1 
4 

1 
5 

7 

4 

1 

1 
7 

14 

1 

1 
3 

1 

1 
1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

23 

3 

2 
2 

1 

1 
1 

1 
5 

1 

2 

1 

1 
3 

71 

1 

4 

4 

10 
2 
6 

3 

3 
2 

1 
3 

1 
1 
6 

1 
6 

3 

1 

1 

1 

13 

- 

HI 

1 
1 

10 

1 

4 

8 

7 
2 

9 
5 

5 

4 

1 

2 

1 
50 

105 

1 
2 

8 

9 

1 
1 

8 

0 

13 

1 
7 
3 

8 
4 
1 
3 

1 

2 
5 

1 

6 
2 

11 

5 

1 

- 

0 

1 
4 

6 

2 
2 

1 
" 

1 

3 

1 
1 

1 

- 
_ 

22 

1 

2 
3 

4 

2 

1 

3 
3 

2 

1 

1 
1 

58 

2 

3 
6 
2 

7 

1 

10 
2 

8 

4 

1 
1 

5 

1 

1 
1 

4 

134 

10 

3 

1 
19 

4 

15 

1 
21 

1 
1 
1 

9 
5 

1 

1 

1 
1 

11 

2 

2 

5 

6 

2 
2 

1 

1 
12 

71 

7 

3 

1 

8 

2 

1 
9 

1 
5 

1 
3 

1 
3 

1 
3 

2 

1 

4 
1 

6 

1 

1 
1 

6 

2 

1 
1 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


196 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  56 

Cause  of  Death,  i 

Deaths  from 

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d 

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8 

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3 

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a 

0 

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All  Causes.  2 

1,626 

5 

10 

12 

18 

270 

495 

13 

311 

64 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

Typhoid  fever  (1), 

Malaria  (4) 

Smallpox  (5), 

Measles  (6), 

Scarlet  fever  (7), 

3 

15 
4 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

2 

2 

- 

1 
1 

- 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9),        .         .         .         . 

Influenza  (10), 

Ervsipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19), 

19 

'>2 

91 

2 

2 

1 

- 

1 

3 
3 
3 

2 

9 

27 
1 

1 

2 
4 

13 
14 
15 
16 

(37) 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),   . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   .... 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 
Cancer  (39-45),                    .      '  . 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

139 
25 
14 

107 
4 

- 

1 

2 

2 

1 
1 

8 

3 

1 

14 

19 
5 

45 

1 

- 

16 

2 

1 

26 

1 

10 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a), 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65),  . 

18 
12 
2 

99 

1 

2 

4 

1 

5 
3 

19 

9 
2 

51 

1 

3 

1 

34 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

Acute  endocarditis  (78) 

Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 

Angina  pectoris  (80), 

Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 

Bronchitis  (89,  90), 

14 

121 
12 
48 
59 

- 

2 

1 
1 

5 

1 

6 

52 

3 

4 

7 

9 

68 
10 
26 

5 

0 

2 

5 
41 

4 
6 
4 

11 

(23) 

00 

m) 

24 

25 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91),          .... 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104),  . 

134 

43 

8 

7 

128 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

- 

14 
10 
3 

1 
1 

18 

21 

5 

2 

5 

1 

16 
13 

1 
1 
7 

26 
27 
28 
29 
30 

Appendicitis  (108), 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113),       .... 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

12 
12 
3 
64 

5 

- 

- 

~ 

1 

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23 
2 

3 
5 

24 

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7 
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26 
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6 

31 
32 
33 

34 

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Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141),  . 
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6 
10 

83 
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11 

6 

19 
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8 

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(35) 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
cide) (164-181,  185,  186),      .... 
Burns  (conflagration  excepted)  {167),      . 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     .... 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172),       .... 
Railroad  accidents  and  i77juries  (175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 

71 
13 

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38 

Suicide  (155-163), 

Homicide  (182-184), 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60,  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107, 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133,  142-149, 152, 153), 

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27 

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2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


198 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death. 


Deaths  from 


S       £ 


All  Causes. 


16 


44 


Typhoid  fever  (1),    . 

Malaria  (4),        . 

Smallpox  (5),    .... 

Measles  (6),        . 

Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 


Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35) 
Cancer  (39-45), 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 


Diabetes  (50),   .... 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 


Acute  endocarditis  (78),,  . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79), 
Angina  pectoris  (80), 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),   . 


Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),  .... 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113), 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137),        .... 
Other  puerperal  afTections  (134-136,  138-141), 
Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150 

151). 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi' 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186),      . 
Bwns  (conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     . 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  (175a), 
Automobile  accidents  mid  injuries  {175c), 


Suicide  (155-163) 

Homicide  (182-184),  .... 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49 
51-60,  62,  63b,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133,  142-149,  152, 153 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


553 


3       19     154 


23 


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MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


199 


Important  Causes  in  Each  Municipality:  1919  — Con. 


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13 
14 
15 
16 

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19 

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26 
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28 
29 

30 

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32 

33 
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3 

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5 

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3 

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7 

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9 
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37 
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59 
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16 
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7 
5 

5 

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29 

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32 

35 

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12 
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63 

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10 

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8 

2 

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73 

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7 
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10 
19 

4 
2 
1 
1 
2 

1 
1 
5 

1 
1 

1 
6 

31 

1 
3 

4 

1 

3 

4 

1 
3 

1 
4 

2 

3 

1 

1 
1 

216 

1 

22 
11 

15 
34 

15 
11 

6 

2 
22 

1 
13 

12 
6 

3 

2 

12 

13 

3 
2 

1 

1 
3 

2 

1 

1 

12 

- 
2 

1 
4 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

103 

4 

7 

1 
13 

2 
3 

10 

15 

5 

1 

3 

1 
1 

1 
15 

1 

7 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 
9 

44 

2 

1 
1 

2 

2 

5 

8 

4 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

4 

1 

2 

1 

6 

2 

1 

1 

24 

1 
2 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 
6 
1 
1 

3 

1 

3 

10 

1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 

1 

1 
1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

66 

55 

1 

1 
2 

1 

3 

1 
2 

2 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


200 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.      [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Deati 


Deaths  from 


All  Causes.  - 

Typhoid  fever  (1),    . 
Malaria  (4), 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6), 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 


Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-350 
Cancer  (39-45) ,  .         .         . 

Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

Diabetes  (50),  .... 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),   .... 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80),         .... 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),     . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90), 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),  .... 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113), 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137),       .... 
Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136.  138-141), 
Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150 

151),        

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
cide) (164-181,  185,  186),     . 
Burns  (conflagration  excepted)  (167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169),     . 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172),       . 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  (175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  (175c), 

Suicide  a55-163), 

Homicide  (182-184),  .... 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38.  46,  49 
51-60.  62,  636.  66-77.  82-85,  99-101.  105-107 
110-112. 114-118,  121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


59 


33       6     28     113 


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MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


201 


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3 

83 

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96 

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16 

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105 

3 

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11 

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135 

1 

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16 

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- 

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6 

- 

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(37) 

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2 

16 

2 

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2 

17 

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4 

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17 

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6 

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9 

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18 

5 

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1 

2 

1 

3 

96 

5 

2 

2 

14 

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10 

125 

2 

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13 

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_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

19 

1 

1 

2 

3 

- 

6 

167 

10 

2 

5 

9 

1 

12 

144 

_ 

4 

8 

18 

2 

(37) 

_ 

2 

1 

- 

- 

- 

12 

1 

- 

_ 

2 

_ 

2 

15 

_ 

_ 

1 

(37) 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

- 

1 

64 

1 

_ 

_ 

5 

_ 

11 

28 

1 

1 

4 

3 

_ 

20,21 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

12 

1 

- 

- 

2 

- 

13 

3 

1 

- 

(23) 

2 

2 

3 

2 

_ 

2 

42 

3 

_ 

4 

3 

1 

7 

120 

1 

1 

4 

_ 

_ 

22 

_ 

10 

1 

2 

1 

2 

60 

1 

- 

1 

6 

1 

5 

88 

3 

_ 

7 

10 

2 

(2.3) 

_ 

1 

1 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

9 

_ 

1 

24 

- 

- 

- 

2 

3 

- 

_ 

_ 

21 

_ 

1 

2 

1 

_ 

25 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

23 

3 

- 

- 

5 

2 

1 

51 

- 

1 

5 

- 

26 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

6 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

22 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

27 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

15 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

28 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

4 

_ 

- 

_ 

2 

_ 

1 

10 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

29 

- 

2 

- 

2 

- 

2 

69 

5 

3 

3 

5 

1 

8 

180 

1 

2 

11 

9 

- 

30 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

11 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

31 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

10 

32 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

33 

3 

2 

1 

4 

_ 

3 

55 

_ 

_ 

_ 

11 

_ 

_ 

120 

1 

_ 

6 

7 

1 

34 

- 

- 

1 

4 

- 

1 

3 

1 

- 

- 

4 

- 

2 

8 

2 

1 

2 

(35) 

1 

1 

_ 

2 

_ 

1 

40 

3 

1 

9 

4 

130 

1 

1 

4 

5 

(35) 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

12 

1 

_ 

(35) 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

1 

3 

2 

- 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

12 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

(35J 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

14 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

2 

20 

_ 

1 

_ 

2 

_ 

(35) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

9 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

(35) 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

6 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

25 

1 

- 

4 

- 

36 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

5 

1 

_ 

_ 

3 

1 

_ 

18 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

(35) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

5 

1 

- 

- 

- 

(37) 

1 

1 

3 

1 

_ 

3 

66 

4 

1 

3 

11 

_ 

4 

145 

1 

1 

9 

6 

38 

~ 

~ 

~ 

1 

~ 

~ 

~ 

1 

- 

~ 

2 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


202 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death,  i 


Deaths  from 


All  Causes. 


Typhoid  fever  (1), 
Malaria  (4), 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6), 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 


Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Ervsipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19) 


Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30 )» 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35) 
Cancer  (39-45), 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 


Diabetes  (50),  . 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),. 

Cerebral  hem.orrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 


Acute  endocarditis  (78),   . 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79), 
Angina  pectoris  (80), 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90),   . 


Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92), 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),  .... 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113), 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141\ 

Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  horn; 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186), 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  {167), 
Accidental  drowning  {169),     . 
Traumatism  hy  fall  {112), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automohile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 


Suicide  (155-163), 

Homicide  (182-184),  .... 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60,  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107, 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153). 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


20     15     12 


73 


38 


54 


1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


203 


Important 

Causes 

IN  Each  Municipality: 

1919- 

-Con 

1 

1 
< 

3 

-6 

I 

2 

1 

o 

2 

3 

a 

M 
"u. 

1 

1 

.a 

1 

5. 
1 

s 

-< 

6 

1 

1 
1 

1 
J 

1 

1 
3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 
16 
(37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 

19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

(23) 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 

28 
29 

30 

31 

32 

33 
34 

(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 
(35) 

(37) 
38 

25 

2 

4 

4 

3 
5 

3 

1 

1 
1 

1 

- 

16 

1 

1 
1 

5 

1 

2 

1 

3 

1 

18 

1 

1 

1 

1 

~ 

1 

3 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 
\ 

~ 

4 

16 

1 
1 
3 
2 

_ 
6 

1 
2 

11 

1 

2 

1 
2 

1 

1 
-_ 

2 

1 
1 

1 

2 

1 
- 

- 
1 

23 

1 

1 
1 

1 

6 

5 

2 

3 
2 

1 

51 

1 
2 

4 

6 
3 

3 

5 

2 

1 

3 
5 

1 
- 

1 
1 

1 

7 
1 

4 

146 

2 

1 
8 

8 
\ 

5 

2 

21 

0 

ll 

1 
7 

7 
8 
1 

4 

9 

1 

- 
2 

6 

1 

5 

1 
2 
1 

1 
1 

8 

5 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

43 

2 

- 
9 
1 
2 

12 

1 

3 

1 
1 
1 
1 

2 

5 

1 

2 

2 

359 

2 

2 

1 

4 

32 

21 
2 
3 

27 

1 

4 
3 

41 

3 
40 
7 
3 
4 

15 

18 
1 

2 

5 
2 

1 
19 

1 

1 

18 

1 

23 
3 
3 
6 

1 
2 

3 

1 

47 

1 

88 

2 
2 

7 
2 

6 

1 
9 

15 

1 
3 

1 

6 

2 

1 
2 

1 

~ 

3 

1 

5 

1 

4 

1 

2 

1 

2 
11 

68 

1 

5 

1 
8 

8 

11 

2 
2 

2 
2 

1 
1 
2 

2 
3 

1 

- 

1 
1 

1 
11 

52 

2 

2 

3 

1 
1 

4 

4 
3 

5 

4 

1 

1 

1 
8 

2 

2 

2 

2 
6 

7 

1 
1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

I 

- 
1 

158 

13 

8 

3 

1 

15 

1 

1 

16 

2 
19 

5 

1 

10 

I 

2 

1 

1 
8 

2 

14 

1 

8 
2 

16 

Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


204         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

< 

Table  56 

DEATH.S   FROM 

Cause  of  Death,  i 

1 

.   1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

a 
i 

c 
1 
1 

1 

i 

a 

1 

-a 

8 

1 

3 

o 

1 

1 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

(12) 

(12) 

13 
14 
15 

16 

(37) 

(37) 
17 

(37) 
18 

(37) 
19 

(37) 

(37) 

20,21 

(23) 
22 

(23) 
24 
25 

26 
27 
28 
29 
30 

31 
32 
33 

34 

(35) 

(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 
(35) 

36 
(35) 
(37) 

38 

All  Causes.  2 

Typhoid  fever  (1), 

Malaria  (4), 

Smallpox  (5),    ...... 

Measles  (Q), 

Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8), 
Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18\ 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19), 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29),   . 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

Cancer  (39-45), 

Rheumatism  (47,  48),        .... 

Diabetes  (50), 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a), 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65) , 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),   .... 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80),         .... 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90), 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (92) , 

Other  respiratory  diseases  (86-88.  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),            .... 
Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113) ,       .         .         . 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137),       .... 
Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141), 
Congenital  debilitj-  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154), 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi 
cide)  (164-181,  185,  186),     . 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  {167), 
Accidental  droivning  {169),     . 
Traumatism  by  fall  (172), 
Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 

Suicide  (155-163) 

Homicide  (182-184) 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49 
51-60,  62,  636,  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152,  153) 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 

19 

1 

2 

1 
1 
2 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

3 

124 

4 
5 

13 
3 

11 

2 

13 

1 
16 
2 
1 
2 

11 

2 

1 
4 

1 
13 

5 

1 

6 

1 

2 

1 

6 

64 

1 

4 

2 

1 

5 

11 

16 

1 
3 

2 
5 

6 

1 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

5 

- 

17 

4 
2 

4 

1 
1 

: 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 
1 

1 

15 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

5 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

21 

3 

1 
4 

1 

3 

1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

1 

2 

22 

3 

1 
1 
1 

2 

1 
4 

1 

1 
3 

1 

1 
1 

1 

25 

2 

1 

4 

1 

2 

7 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

_ 

17 

2 

4 

4 

1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1  The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


205 


Important  Causes  in  Each  Municipality: 

1919 

—  Con. 

6 

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2 

T3 

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tC 

"C 

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I 

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1 

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Si 

3 

-3 
1 

1 

1 
"a 

a 

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"6 

8 

3 
O 
S 

S 

"2 

1 

1 

CI 

a 

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^ 

^ 

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8 

a 

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■- 

s 

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^ 

^ 

^ 

^ 

^ 

^ 

i^ 

■^ 

-^ 

^ 

^ 

■^ 

^ 

^ 

^ 

^ 

•^ 

^ 

102 

18 

4 

158 

278 

35 

5 

16 

14 

63 

12 

165 

14 

75 

26 

20 

54 

25 

99 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

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_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

6 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7 
8 

2 

- 

- 

1 

1 
13 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 
1 

- 

9 

7 

1 

_ 

3 

12 

2 

1 

1 

- 

8 

_ 

7 

_ 

9 

_ 

3 

2 

1 

15 

(12) 

1 

_ 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

1 

_ 

(12) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

13 

5 

_ 

1 

10 

57 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

10 

2 

2 

_ 

_ 

3 

2 

4 

14 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

15 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

16 

8 

1 

_ 

6 

24 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

3 

1 

13 

1 

10 

_ 

1 

4 

3 

4 

(37) 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(37) 

1 

1 

_ 

5 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

_ 

4 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

17 

1 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

(37) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

3 

- 

16 

16 

4 

1 

4 

1 

7 

3 

16 

- 

7 

4 

1 

6 

- 

7 

(37) 

2 

_ 

_ 

2 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

19 

11 

1 

_ 

24 

18 

1 

2 

6 

2 

11 

3 

24 

1 

9 

4 

1 

7 

1 

10 

(37) 

3 

- 

- 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

3 

1 

2 

_ 

1 

) 

1 

1 

1 

16 

5 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

8 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

20,21 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

3 

- 

1 

1 

- 

3 

(23) 

8 

2 

14 

25 

2 

_ 

_ 

1 

3 

_ 

11 

4 

1 

1 

_ 

3 

5 

13 

22 

4 

- 

- 

12 

9 

1 

- 

- 

- 

1 

8 

1 

2 

2 

10 

1 

1 

(23) 

_ 

- 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

5 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

24 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

25 

7 

- 

13 

2 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

3 

- 

2 

- 

1 

1 

1 

26 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

27 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

28 

- 

2 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

8 

- 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

1 

29 

12 

2 

- 

10 

16 

6 

- 

- 

1 

10 

1 

7 

1 

9 

- 

6 

1 

1 

4 

30 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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- 

1 

31 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

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_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

32 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

33 

8 

1 

_ 

3 

15 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

1 

4 

3 

4 

4 

_ 

3 

1 

8 

34 

- 

- 

1 

- 

5 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

2 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

(35) 

7 

3 

3 

14 

2 

2 

2 

10 

1 

2 

1 

4 

2 

4 

(35) 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

1 

- 

- 

- 

(35) 

1 

1 

_ 

5 

1 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

<y 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

2 

- 

1 

(35) 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

4 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

- 

2 

(35) 

3 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

2 

- 

(35) 

3 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

36 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

(35) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(37) 

8 

_ 

1 

25 

14 

5 

_ 

2 

1 

1 

17 

1 

5 

3 

1 

4 

0 

9 

.8 

~ 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


206 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  56 


Cause  of  Death,  i 


Deaths  from  Important  Causes  in  Each 
Municipality:  1919  —  Con. 


All  Causes.  - 

Typhoid  fever  (1),    . 
Malaria  (4),       . 
Smallpox  (5),    . 
Measles  (6), 
Scarlet  fever  (7), 

Whooping  cough  (8), 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9), 

Influenza  (10), 

Erysipelas  (18), 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (2,  3,  11-17,  19), 


Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 
Tuberculous  meningitis  (30),   . 
Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35) 
Cancer  (39-45), 
Rheumatism  (47,  48), 

Diabetes  (50),  . 

Meningitis  (61), 

Poliomyelitis  (63a),  . 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

Acute  endocarditis  (78),   .... 
Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),  . 
Angina  pectoris  (80),         .... 
Diseases  of  the  arteries  (81),    . 
Bronchitis  (89,  90)., 

Broncho-pneumonia  (91), 

Pneumonia  (.92), 

Other  respiratorv  diseases  (86-88,  93-98), 
Diseases  of  the  stomach  (102,  103), 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104), 

Appendicitis  (108),  .... 

Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109), 
Cirrhosisof  the  liver  (113),       . 
Nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120), 
Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the 
female  genital  organs  (128-132),    . 

Puerperal  fever  (137), 

Other  puerperal  affections  (134-136,  138-141), 

Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150 

151), 

Senility  (154),  .... 

Violent  deaths  (excluding  suicide  and  homi- 
cide) (164-181,  185,  186),      .         .         .         . 
Burns  {conflagration  excepted)  {167), 
Accidental  drowning  (169) ,     .         .         .  . 

Traumatism  by  fall  (172),       .  .  .  . 

Railroad  accidents  and  injuries  {175a), 
Automobile  accidents  and  injuries  {175c), 

Suicide  (155-163), 

Homicide  (182-184), 

All  other  defined  causes  (20-27,  36-38,  46,  49, 
51-60,  62,  636.  66-77,  82-85,  99-101,  105-107, 
110-112, 114-118, 121-127, 133, 142-149, 152, 153), 

Ill-defined  or  unknown  causes  (187-189), 


138 

1 


139 


205 


2,638 

5 


20 


16 


24 
4 

31 

18 

133 

4 

2 

187 
25 
14 

200 
5 

27 
12 


27 

25 

4 

312 


112 
22 

3 
31 

2 
26 

20 
2 


265 

2 


33 


1  The  niimbers  of  the  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List  included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged 
list  appear  in  parentheses. 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


207 


Table  57 

Deaths 

FROM  Important  Causes:  1861 

ro  1919. 

Years. 

All 
causes. 

Ty- 
phoid 
fever.* 

Small- 
pox.* 

Mea- 
sles.* 

Scarlet 
fever.* 

Diph- 
theria 
and 
croup.* 

Tuber- 
culosis 
of  the 
lungs.* 

Cancer. 

Alco- 
holism. 

Ne- 
phritis, 
Bright 's 
disease, 

etc. 

1 

5 

6 

7 

9 

28 

39-45 

56 

119,  120, 
122 

1861, 

24,085 

989 

33 

209 

1,137 

1,104 

4,522 

336 

122 

531 

1862, 

22.974 

1,135 

40 

369 

1,261 

1,147 

4,269 

319 

124 

563 

1863, 

27,751 

1,442 

42 

142 

1,399 

2,284 

4,667 

324 

162 

644 

1864, 

28,753 

1,344 

242 

320 

1.503 

1,999 

4,733 

330 

142 

632 

1865, 

26,152 

1,694 

221 

136 

807 

1,176 

4,661 

375 

62 

665 

1866, 

23,637 

1,091 

141 

109 

385 

830 

4,600 

416 

43 

597 

1867, 

22,773 

965 

196 

194 

828 

607 

4,362 

395 

35 

582 

1868, 

25,603 

896 

20 

287 

1,369 

782 

4,437 

445 

74 

676 

1869, 

26,054 

1,205 

59 

222 

1,405 

769 

4,659 

492 

81 

697 

1870, 

27,329 

1,333 

131 

269 

683 

676 

5,003 

516 

75 

777 

1871, 

27,943 

1.116 

294 

131 

867 

747 

5,070 

551 

88 

897 

1872. 

35,019 

1.703 

1,029 

428 

1,377 

753 

5,556 

542 

134 

994 

1873. 

33,912 

1,406 

668 

180 

1,472 

745 

5,556 

611 

109 

1,005 

1874, 

31,887 

1.147 

26 

161 

1,382 

913 

5.284 

585 

107 

932 

1875, 

34,978 

1,059 

34 

233 

1,684 

1,880 

5.738 

593 

87 

983 

1876, 

33,186 

881 

31 

47 

1,222 

3,294 

5,327 

657 

86 

933 

1877, 

31,342 

814 

24 

135 

467 

3,178 

5,457 

646 

52 

947 

1878, 

31,303 

679 

2 

305 

404 

2,517 

5,3.34 

807 

65 

985 

1879, 

31,801 

637 

7 

19 

850 

2.293 

5,223 

862 

68 

1,073 

1880, 

35,292 

882 

38 

236 

574 

2.394 

5,494 

928 

112 

969 

1881, 

36,458 

1,072 

47 

230 

397 

2.383 

5,886 

949 

123 

1,117 

1882, 

36,785 

1,079 

45 

68 

318 

1.771 

5,865 

987 

126 

1.190 

1883, 

37,748 

860 

5 

321 

575 

1.621 

5,931 

1,026 

113 

1,255 

1884, 

36,990 

875 

3 

75 

627 

1.646 

5,798 

1,060 

125 

1,234 

1885, 

38,094 

768 

19 

313 

587 

1.523 

5,955 

1,087 

122 

1,332 

1886, 

37,224 

800 

_ 

130 

331 

1.558 

5,897 

1,104 

108 

1,.354 

1887, 

40,763 

922 

3 

455 

594 

1,628 

5,871 

1,174 

111 

1,.332 

1888, 

42,097 

943 

8 

219 

504 

1.8.31 

5,728 

1,275 

126 

1,522 

1889, 

41,777 

891 

6 

171 

185 

2,214 

5,581 

1,-325 

299 

1,419 

1890, 

43,528 

835 

1 

114 

196 

1,626 

5,791 

1,387 

151 

1,448 

1891, 

45,185 

821 

3 

236 

246 

1,218 

5,484 

1,395 

182 

1,640 

1892, 

48,762 

827 

2 

88 

■669 

1,455 

5,729 

1.402 

193 

1,665 

1893, 

49,084 

750 

9 

276 

810 

1.394 

5,527 

1.533 

205 

1,798 

1894, 

46,791 

748 

33 

98 

649 

1,801 

5.463 

1.568 

150 

1,844 

1895, 

47,540 

680 

- 

117 

483 

1,784 

5,586 

1,749 

178 

1,948 

1896, 

49,381 

723 

_ 

137 

249 

1,677 

5,536 

1,798 

195 

2,067 

1897, 

47,419 

607 

4 

158 

342 

1,426 

5,431 

1,739 

139 

2,031 

1898, 

46,761 

663 

- 

82 

141 

706 

5,288 

1,907 

161 

2.205 

1899, 

47,710 

612 

14 

241 

235 

1,047 

5.221 

1,838 

170 

2,220 

1900, 

51,156 

632 

3 

330 

330 

1,475 

5.199 

1,998 

226 

2,259 

1901, 

48,275 

561 

97 

173 

385 

1,166 

5.0.33 

2,080 

179 

2,356 

1902, 

47,491 

538 

284 

333 

313 

873 

4.685 

2.141 

171 

2,.341 

1903, 

49.054 

527 

22 

247 

510 

869 

4.531 

2,243 

195 

2,656 

1904, 

48,482 

463 

9 

160 

138 

699 

4.874 

2,421 

162 

2,610 

1905, 

50,486 

520 

2 

177 

117 

652 

4.702 

2,501 

184 

2,589 

1906, 

50,624 

477 

_ 

208 

1.35 

743 

4.608 

2,603 

161 

2,593 

1907. 

54,234 

389 

6 

163 

285 

752 

4.771 

2,744 

218 

2,8.33 

1908, 

51.788 

517 

3 

331 

369 

747 

4.445 

2,814 

114 

2.631 

1909, 

51.236 

390 

1 

157 

259 

594 

4,393 

2.871 

174 

2,905 

1910, 

54.407 

411 

- 

240 

254 

679 

4,503 

3,028 

224 

3.061 

1911, 

53.062 

302 

2 

158 

184 

563 

4.418 

3,199 

210 

3,567 

1912, 

52,400 

269 

1 

286 

118 

473 

4.212 

3,282 

197 

2,980 

1913. 

53,402 

280 

_ 

315 

293 

628 

4.180 

3,526 

336 

3.356 

1914, 

52,978 

268 

- 

149 

246 

652 

4.171 

3,586 

299 

3.420 

1915, 

53,131 

246 

9 

149 

182 

720 

4,194 

3,708 

186 

3.530 

1916, 

56,366 

172 

_ 

392 

127 

629 

4.467 

3,990 

212 

3.593 

1917, 

56,628 

178 

10 

371 

120 

838 

4.559 

4,057 

210 

3,591 

1918, 

78,842 

160 

_ 

532 

78 

608 

5,078 

4,098 

111 

4,008 

1919, 

52,345 

107 

2 

183 

122 

593 

4,145 

4,112 

68 

3,743 

208 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


ti- 

Table  58 

C.iUSE  OF  Death.  1 

Nr 

MBER  OF  Deaths. - 

■r^  6 
< 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915. 

1914. 

All  Causes.  - 

52,345 

78,842 

56,628 

56,366 

53,131 

52,978 

I. 

General  diseases, 

15,210 

28,183 

14,379 

14,111 

12,859 

12,591 

II. 

Diseases  of  the  nervous  system  and  of  the 

■ 

organs  of  special  sense,       .... 

5.733 

5,846 

5.778 

5.774 

5,207 

4,520 

III. 

Diseases  of  the  circulatory  system, 

8.896 

9.745 

11.072 

11,134 

9,972 

10.799 

IV. 

Diseases  of  the  respiratory  system, 

6,313 

16,078 

7.391 

7.859 

7,824 

7,255 

V. 

Diseases  of  the  digestive  system, 

3,822 

5,326 

5,307 

5,071 

5,121 

5,536 

VI. 

Nonvenereal  diseases  of  the  genito-urinary 

system  and  adnexa 

4,273 

4,403 

4,036 

4,038 

3,981 

3,922 

VII. 

The  puerperal  state,* 

622 

804 

616 

525 

462 

538 

VIII. 

Diseases  of  the  skin  and  of  the  cellular  tissue. 

169 

170 

159 

181 

160 

126 

IX. 

Diseases  of  the  bones  and  of  the  organs  of 

locomotion, 

88 

96 

117 

129 

104 

118 

X. 

Malformations,* 

727 

751 

644 

691 

688 

591 

XI. 

Early  infancy, 

2,839 

3,433 

3,038 

2,895 

3,100 

3,359 

XII. 

Old  age 

210 

229 

205 

249 

323 

415 

XIII. 

External  causes, 

3,242 

3,442 

3.584 

3,402 

3,206 

3,070 

XIV. 

Ill-defined  diseases, 

201 

336 

302 

217 

121 

138 

1 

Typhoid  fever  (1),* 

107 

160 

178 

172 

246 

268 

2 

Typhus  fever  (2),* 

- 

1 

1 

3 

Malaria  (4), 

4 

5 

5 

4 

6 

8 

4 

Smallpox  (5),* 

2 

10 

9 

5 

Measles  (6),* 

183 

532 

371 

392 

149 

149 

6 

Scarlet  fever  (7),* 

122 

78 

120 

127 

182 

246 

7 

Whooping  cough  (8),* 

323 

729 

243 

346 

283 

225 

8 

Diphtheria  and  croup  (9),*  . 

593 

608 

838 

629 

720 

652 

9 

Influenza  (10), 

2,872 

13,783 

494 

539 

232 

129 

10 

Asiatic  cholera  (12),* 

11 

Cholera  nostras  (13), 

7 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

12 

Other  epidemic  diseases  (3,  11,  14-19), 

122 

252 

369 

338 

272 

318 

13 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29), 

4,221 

5,177 

4,651 

4,575 

4,283 

4,261 

14 

Tuberculous  meningitis  (30), 

410 

422 

433 

453 

425 

429 

15 

Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31-35), 

289 

370 

325 

394 

339 

371 

16 

Cancer  and  other  malignant  tumors  (39-45), 

4.112 

4,098 

4,057 

3,990 

3,708 

3,586 

17 

Simple  meningitis  (61),          .... 

325 

418 

297 

370 

291 

404 

18 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65), 

4,272 

4.173 

3,991 

3.510 

3,483 

2,656 

19 

Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79),* 

6,031 

6,793 

7,890 

7,152 

4,625 

5,428 

20 

Acute  bronchitis  (89) 

477 

644 

432 

419 

313 

296 

21 

Chronic  bronchitis  (90),*       .... 

217 

328 

269 

396 

523 

515 

22 

Pneumonia  (92), 

2,614 

10,339 

4,028 

4,013 

3,736 

3,393 

23 

Other   diseases  of  the  respiratory  system 

(tuberculosis  excepted)  (86-88,  91,  93-98), 

3,005 

4,767 

2,662 

3,031 

3,252 

3,051 

24 

Diseases  of  the  stomach  (cancer  excepted) 

(102,  103), 

386 

472 

508 

475 

572 

657 

25 

Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104),* 

1,493 

2,646 

2,502 

2,391 

2.536 

2,843 

26 

Appendicitis  and  typhlitis  (108). 
Hernia,  intestinal  obstruction  (109),     . 

391 

415 

435 

364 

322 

349 

27 

442 

427 

346 

389 

430 

473 

28 

Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113).* 

181 

256 

325 

360 

302 

244 

29 

Acute  nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119, 

120) 

3,672 

3,945 

3,508 

3,490 

3.486 

3,377 

30 

Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of 

the  female  genital  organs  (128-132),  . 

197 

128 

179 

214 

164 

155 

31 

Puerperal  septicemia  (puerperal  fever,  peri- 

tonitis) (137),* 

163 

159 

194 

159 

106 

104 

32 

Other  puerperal  accidents  of  pregnancy  and 

labor  (134-136.  138-141),*    .... 

459 

645 

422 

366 

356 

434 

33 

Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150, 

151),* 

2,775 

3,406 

3,056 

3,151 

3,546 

3,800 

34 

Senility  (154), 

210 

229 

205 

249 

323 

415 

35 

Violent  deaths  (suicide  excepted)  (164-186), 

2,797 

2,950 

3,091 

2,947 

2,691 

2,575 

36 

Suicide  (155-163),* 

445 

492 

493 

455 

515 

495 

37 

Other  diseases   (20-27,  36-38.  46-60,   62,   63, 
66-78.  80-85,  99-101.  105-107.  110-112,  114- 

118,  121-127.  133,  142-149.  152.  153).    . 

8,225 

8,658 

9,399 

10,388 

10,463 

10.532 

38 

Unknown  or  ill-defined  diseases  (187-189),  . 

201 

336 

302 

217 

121 

138 

1  Abridged  International  List  of  Causes  of  Death.      The  title  or  titles  of  the  detailed  International  List 
that  are  included  under  each  heading  are  shown  by  numbers  in  parentheses. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


209 


li 

Death  Rates  2  per 

100,000  Population. 

Per  Cent  Distribution. 

ill 

< 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915. 

1914. 

1919. 

1918. 

1917. 

1916. 

1915. 

1914. 

1,364.7 

2,017.7 

1,474.1 

1,492.9 

1,438.6 

1,453.9 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

I. 

396.5 

721.2 

374.3 

373.7 

348.2 

345.5 

29.1 

35.7 

25.4 

25.0 

24.2 

23. » 

II. 
III. 

IV. 
V. 

149.5 

231.9 

164.6 

99.7 

149.6 
249.3 
411.5 
136.3 

150.4 

288.2 
192.4 
138.1 

152.9 
294.9 
208.1 
134:3 

141.0 
270.0 
211.8 
138.7 

124.0 
296.4 
199.1 
151.9 

10.9 

17.0 

12.1 

7.3 

7.4 
12.4 
20.4 

6.8 

10.2 

19.6 

13.1 

9.4 

10.3 

19.8 

13.9 

9.0 

9.8 
18.8 
14.7 

9.6 

8.5 
20.4 
13.7 
10.4 

VI. 
VII. 
VIII. 

111.4 
16.2 
4.4 

112.7 

20.6 

4.4 

105.1 

16.0 

4.1 

106.9 
13.9 
4.8 

107.8 
12.5 
4.3 

107.6 
14.8 
3.5 

8.1 

1.2 

.3 

5.6 

1.0 

.2 

7.1 

1.1 

.3 

7.2 
.9 
.3 

7.5 
.9 
.3 

7.4 

1.0 

.2 

IX. 
X. 

2.3 
19.0 

2.6 
19.2 

3.0 
16.8 

3.4 

18.3 

2.8 
18.6 

3.2 
16.3 

2 
1^4 

.1 
1.0 

2 

i;r 

.2 
1.2 

.2 
1.3 

.2 
1.1 

XI. 
XII. 
XIII. 
XIV. 

74.0 
5.5 

84.5 
5.2 

87.9 
5.9 

88.1 
8.6 

79.1 
5.3 

93.3 
7.9 

76.7 

6.6 

90.1 

5.7 

83.9 
8.7 

86.8 
3.3 

92.2 
11.4 
84.3 
3.8 

5.4 

.4 

6.2 

.4 

4.4 
.3 

4.4 
.4 

5.4 

.4 

6.3 

.5 

5.1. 

.4 

6.0 

.4 

5.8 

.6 

6.0 

.2 

6.3 
.8 

5.8 
.3 

1 

2.8 

4  1 

4.6 

4.6 

6.7 

7.4 

.2 

.2 

.3 

.3 

.5 

.5 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 

.1 

_3 

4.8 

3.2 

8.4 

15.5 

_3 
.1 

13.6 

2.0 

18.7 

15.6 

.1 

.3 

9.7 

3.1 

6.3 

21.8 

.1 

10.4 
3.4 
9.2 

16.7 

.2 

.2 

4.0 

4.9 

7.7 

19.5 

-3 
2 

4.1 

6.8 

6.2 

17.9 

-4 

_4 
_4 

.3 

.2 

.6 

1.1 

-4 
-4 

.7 
.1 
.9 
.8 

-4 

.7 

.2 

.4 

1.5 

-4 

.7 

.2 

.6 

1.1 

-4 

_4 

.3 

.3 

.5 

1.4 

-4 

.-4 

.3 
.5 

.4 
1.2 

9 

74.9 

352.7 

12.9 

14.3 

6.3 

3.5 

5.5 

17.5 

.9 

1.0 

.4 

.2 

10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 

.2 

3.2 

110.0 

10.7 

7.5 

107.2 

_3 

6.4 

132.5 

10  8 

9.5 
104.9 

9.6 
121.1 
11.3 

8.5 
105.6 

9.0 
121.2 
12.0 
10.4 
105.7 

7.4 

116.0 

11.5 

9.2 
100.4 

_3 

8.7 
116.9 
11.8 
10.2 

98.4 

_4 
9 

8:r 

.8 

.6 

7.9 

_4 

.3 

6.6 

.5 

.5 

5.2 

~7 

8.2 

.8 

.6 

7.2 

.6 

8.1 

.8 

.7 

7.1 

.5 

8.1 
.8 
.6 

7.0 

-4 

.6 

8.0 

.8 

.7 

6.8 

17 
18 
19 
20 
.    21 
22 

8.5 

111.4 

157.3 

12.4 

5.7 

68.2 

10.7 
106.8 
173.8 

16.5 

8.4 

264.6 

7.7 
103.9 
205.4 
11.2 

7.0 
104.9 

9.8 
93.0 

189.4 
11.1 
10.5 

106.3 

7.9 

94.3 

125.2 

8.5 

14.2 

101.2 

11.1 

72.9 

149.0 

8.1 

14.1 

93.1 

.6 

8.2 

11.5 

.9 

.4 

5.0 

.5 

5.3 

8.6 

.8 

.4 

13.1 

.5 

7.0 

13.9 

.8 

.5 

7.1 

.7 

6.2 

12.7 

.7 

.7 

7.1 

.5 
6.6 
8.7 

.6 
1.0 
6.8 

.8 
5.0 
10.2 

.6 
1.0 
6.4 

23 

78.3 

122.0 

69.3 

80.3 

88.0 

83.7 

5.7 

6.0 

4.7 

5.4 

6.1 

5.8 

24 
25 
26 
27 
28 

10.1 
38.9 
10.2 
11.5 
4.7 

12  1 
67.7 
10.6 
10.9 
6.6 

13.2 

65.1 

11.3 

9.0 

8.5 

12.6 
63.3 

9.6 
10.3 

9.5 

15.5 

68.7 
8.7 

11.6 
8.2 

18.0 
78.0 

9.6 
13.0 

6.7 

.7 
2.9 
.8 
.8 
.4 

.6 
3.4 
.5 
.6 
.3 

.9 
4.4 
.8 
.6 
.6 

.8 
4.2 
.6 
.7 
.6 

1.1 

4.8 
.6 
.8 
.6 

1.2 

5.4 

.7 

.9 

.5 

29 

95.7 

101.0 

91.3 

92.4 

94.4 

92.7 

7.0 

5.0 

6.2 

6.2 

6.6 

6.4 

30 

5.1 

3.3 

4.7 

5.7 

4.4 

4.3 

.4 

.2 

.3 

.4 

.3 

.3 

31 

4.3 

4.1 

5.0 

4.2 

2.9 

2.9 

.3 

.2 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2 

32 

12.0 

16.3 

11.0 

9.7 

9.6 

n.9 

.9 

.8 

.7 

.6 

.7 

.8 

33 
34 
35 

72.3 
5.5 

72.9 

87.2 
5.9 
75.5 

79.5 

5.3 

80.5 

83.5 

6.6 

78.0 

96.0 

8.7 
72.9 

104.3 
11.4 
70.7 

5.3 

.4 

5.3 

4.4 

.3 

3.7 

5.4 

.4 

5,5 

5.6 

.4 

5.2 

6.7 

.6 

5.1 

7.2 

.8 

4.9 

36 

11.6 

12.6 

12.8 

12.1 

13.9 

13.6 

.9 

.6 

.9 

.8 

1.0 

.9 

37 

38 

214.4 
5.2 

221.6 
8.6 

244.7 
7.9 

275.1 

5.7 

283.3 

3.3 

289.0 

3.8 

15.7 
.4 

11.0 
.4 

16.6 
.5 

18.4 
.4 

19.7 
.2 

19.9 
.3 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 

3  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  per  100,000. 


*  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  per  cent. 


210 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  59 

Death  Rates  per  100,000  Popul.vtiox 

based  on  Annual  Average 

NUMBER 

OF  Deaths  for  the  Five 

-YEAR   Pe 

RIOD   OF 

which  the  Census  Year 

IS  the  Median  Year: 

1  Census  Years 

1865  TO  1915: 

AND 

Death  Rate  based  ox  Actual  Number  of 

1 

Deaths: 

1916  TO 

1919. 

Years. 

Ty- 
phoid 
fever.* 

Diph- 

Tuber- 

Ne- 
phritis, 
Bright's 
disease, 

etc. 

All 
causes.  2 

Small- 
pox.* 

Mea- 
sles.* 

Scarlet 
fever.* 

theria 

and 

croup.* 

culosis 
of  the 
lungs.* 

Cancer. 

1 

5 

6 

7 

9 

28 

39-45 

119,  120, 
122 

1865,    . 

2,037.3 

103.2 

13.3 

14.2 

77.7 

108.8 

363.4 

29.0 

49.2 

1870,    . 

1,948.1 

85.8 

21.1 

18.3 

78.2 

51.1 

339.3 

34.9 

55.4 

1875,    . 

2.001.4 

64.2 

9.5 

9.1 

75.4 

121.2 

331.3 

30.0 

58.1 

1880,    . 

1,925.2 

41.2 

1.4 

6.2 

24.0 

99.2 

311.8 

50.9 

59.8 

1885,    . 

1,965.0 

43.5 

.3 

13.3 

28.0 

82.1 

303.3 

56.1 

68.0 

1890,    . 

1,977.3 

38.5 

.2 

7.4 

16.1 

74.5 
•  64.6 

252.9 

60.6 

68.7 

1895,    . 

1,921.6 

2.8.1 

.4 

6.3 

20.3 

220.3 

67.0 

77.5 

1900,    . 

1,721.0 

21.4 

2.9 

8.3 

io:o 

37.5 

181.3 

71.0 

81.1 

1905,    . 

1,677.0 

15.8 

.3 

6.3 

7.9 

24.6 

155.7 

83.0 

88.1 

1910,    . 

1,566.2 

11.2 

-3 

6.9 

7.0 

18.1 

130.0 

89.9 

89.6 

1915,    . 

1,475.7 

6.2 

.1 

7.5 

5.2 

18.8 

116.8 

102.2 

94.7 

1916,    . 

1,492.9 

5.7 

_ 

10.4 

3.4 

16.7 

118.3 

105.7 

95.5 

1917,    . 

1,474.1 

4.6 

.3 

9.7 

3.1 

.21.8 

118.7 

105.6 

93.5 

1918,    . 

2,017.7 

4.1 

- 

13.6 

2.0 

15.6 

130.0 

104.9 

102.6 

1919,    . 

1,364.7 

2.8 

_3 

4.8 

3.2 

15.5 

108.1 

107.2 

97.6 

1  This  method  eliminates  any  peculiarities  in  the  census  year  and  makes  the  rates  more  typical  of 
the  period  as  a  whole. 

2  Exclusive  of  stillbirths. 

3  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  per  100,000. 


Table  60 

Deaths  produced  by  External  C 

vuses:  1902  to  1919. 

Homi- 

Years. 

Total. 

Burns 

and 

scalds.* 

Other 
acute 
poison- 
ings. 

Acci- 
dental 

in- 
juries. 

Acci- 
dental 
drown- 
ing.* 

Freez- 
ing.* 

Effects 

of 
heat.* 

cide, 
includ- 
ing 
infanti- 
cide. 1* 

Sui- 
cide.* 

Other 

external 

causes. 

155-186 

167 

165 

170-176 

169 

178 

179 

182-184 

155-163 

164-1862 

1902, 

2,108 

212 

88 

1,013 

356 

19 

10 

27 

255 

128 

1903,       . 

2,246 

207 

87 

1,126 

344 

25 

14 

_3 

314 

129 

1904, 

2,160 

223 

98 

1,056 

300 

28 

16 

29 

301 

109 

1905,       . 

2,326 

315 

90 

1,117 

303 

19 

56 

24 

298 

104 

1906,       .         . 

2,358 

271 

90 

1,223 

317 

15 

33 

31 

280 

98 

1907,  .... 

2,681 

322 

88 

1,363 

309 

3 

36 

44 

400 

116 

1908,       •. 

2,664 

290 

104 

1,257 

350 

18 

30 

66 

436 

113 

1909,       . 

2,578 

292 

87 

1,247 

313 

16 

39 

68 

416 

100 

1910,       . 

2,825 

268 

90 

1,477 

300 

15 

23 

76 

438 

138 

1911,       . 

3,418 

315 

78 

1,423 

301 

18 

614 

85 

449 

135 

1912,       . 

3,097 

331 

51 

1.487 

303 

21 

53 

92 

478 

281 

1913,       . 

3,222 

311 

52 

1,525 

364 

■/ 

25 

111 

486 

341 

1914,       . 

3,070 

312 

52 

1,420 

304 

32 

17 

106 

495 

332 

1915,       . 

3,206 

274 

56 

1.522 

362 

11 

17 

113 

515 

336 

1916,       . 

3,402 

282 

46 

1,718 

318 

27 

26 

115 

455 

415 

1917,       . 

3,584 

309 

55 

1,719 

315 

27 

91 

106 

493 

469 

1918.       . 

3.442 

302 

46 

1,636 

276 

17 

14 

93 

492 

566 

1919, 

3,242 

296 

118 

1,491 

292 

13 

26 

102 

445 

459 

1  Electrocution  not  included. 


Balance  between. 


3  Not  tabulated. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


211 


6 

Table  61 

Deaths  from  C.\ncer  by  Sex,  Age, 

AND  Marital 

Condition:  1919. 

■S 

^ 

h-] 

\ 

^ 

Cause  of  Death  and  Age 
Period. 

males 

FEMALES. 

8 

c 

o 
c 

,    .     , 

9 

3  • 

'5) 

s 

-3 

"5 

is 

C 

1 

i 

o 

T3 

O 
> 

o 
c 

0 

w 

§ 

'^ 

(5 

p 

CO 

S 

■^ 

Q 

5 

39-45 

Cancer  (all  causes). 

206 

987 

370 

10 

1 

394 

1,212 

907 

24 

1 

Under  20  years,     . 

20 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

14 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

20  to  29  years, 

16 

4 

- 

_ 

_ 

14 

16 

2 

1 

_ 

30  to  39  years. 

19 

44 

5 

1 

- 

18 

114 

7 

- 

- 

40  to  49  years. 

27 

128 

11 

1 

- 

72 

274 

41 

5 

_ 

50  to  59  years. 

57 

287 

48 

2 

_ 

109 

382 

129 

11 

1 

60  to  69  years, 

50 

303 

106 

2 

- 

87 

305 

261 

2 

70  to  79  years, 

14 

185 

130 

4 

1 

49 

102 

311 

3 

- 

80  years  and  over, 

3 

36 

70 

- 

- 

31 

18 

156 

2 

~r 

Unknown  age, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

39 

Cancer  of  the  buccal  cavity,    . 
Under  20  years,     . 

14 

73 

37 

1 

- 

6 

14 

8 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

30  to  39  years. 

_ 

1 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

40  to  49  years, 

1 

11 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

50  to  59  years, 

7 

23 

4 

1 

- 

2 

4 

1 

_ 

_ 

60  to  69  years. 

3 

20 

10 

- 

- 

1 

4 

1 

- 

- 

70  to  79  years, 

2 

18 

13 

- 

- 

- 

1 

2 

- 

- 

80  years  and  over, 

1 

- 

10 

- 

- 

1 

2 

4 

- 

- 

Unknown  age, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

40 

Cancer  of  the  stomach,  liver,  . 

75 

420 

150 

4 

_ 

85 

312 

299 

7 

_ 

Under  20  years,     . 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

20  to  29  years, 

1 

2 

- 

- 

5 

- 

1 

- 

- 

30  to  39  years, 

8 

.     12 

4 

1 

_ 

4 

23 

1 

- 

- 

40  to  49  years. 

12 

69 

5 

1 

- 

14 

61 

6 

1 

- 

50  to  59  years. 

28 

132 

23 

1 

_ 

23 

82 

42 

4 

_ 

60  to  69  years. 

25 

129 

46 

- 

- 

21 

95 

94 

1 

- 

70  to  79  years, 

1 

65 

52 

1 

_ 

12 

43 

111 

1 

- 

80  years  and  over. 

11 

20 

_ 

_ 

5 

8 

44 

_ 

- 

Unknown  age. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

41 

Cancer  of  the  peritoneum,  in- 

testines, rectum. 

39 

205 

61 

1 

_ 

66 

207 

185 

5 

- 

Under  20  years,     . 

1 

- 

- 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years. 

7 

2 

_ 

- 

_ 

3 

- 

1 

1 

- 

30  to  39  years, 

5 

15 

1 

- 

- 

4 

14 

- 

- 

- 

40  to  49  years. 

7 

20 

2 

- 

_ 

6 

30 

5 

1 

- 

50  to  59  years. 

9 

53 

5 

_ 

_ 

11 

75 

20 

1 

- 

60  to  69  years, 

5 

65 

21 

- 

- 

19 

67 

58 

- 

70  to  79  years. 

4 

39 

22 

1 

_ 

11 

17 

76 

1 

- 

80  years  and  over, 

1 

11 

10 

_ 

8 

4 

25 

1 

_ 

Unknown  age. 

- 

- 

- 

42 

Cancer  of  the  female  genital 

organs,        .... 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

66 

335 

177 

6 

- 

Under  20  years, 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years, 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

3 

8 

- 

- 

- 

30  to  39  years, 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

41 

3 

_ 

_ 

40  to  49  years. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

16 

97 

22 

1 

- 

50  to  59  years. 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

21 

109 

31 

4 

- 

60  to  69  years. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

10 

62 

54 

- 

- 

70  to  79  years, 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

6 

15 

46 

1 

- 

80  years  and  over. 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

2 

21 

_ 

- 

Unknown  age. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

43 

Cancer  of  the  breast. 
Under  20  years,     . 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

108^ 

'    223 

123 

- 

5 

- 

- 

20  to  29  years, 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

30  to  39  years, 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

21 

_ 

_ 

40  to  49  years, 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

23 

62 

4 

2 

50  to  59  years, 

- 

1 

- 

_ 

_ 

38 

74 

21 

2 

- 

60  to  69  years. 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

22 

47 

30 

1 

- 

70  to  79  years, 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

9 

15 

37 

- 

- 

80  years  and  over. 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

11 

2, 

31 

- 

- 

Unknown  age, 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

212 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  — 1919.     [P.  D. 


c 

Table  61 

Deaths  from  Cancer  by  Sex,  Age,  and  Marital 
Condition:  1919  — Con. 

--^ 

Cavse  of  Death  and  Age 
Period. 

MALES. 

FEMALES. 

1 

i 
1 

1 
o 
> 

o 

1 

is 

5 

44 
45 

Cancer  of  the  skin, 
Under  20  years,     . 
20  to  29  years, 
30  to  39  years, 
40  to  49  years, 
50  to  59  years, 
60  to  69  years, 
70  to  79  years, 
80  years  and  over. 
Unknown  age, 

Cancer  of  other  organs, 
organs  not  specified. 
Under  20  years,     . 
20  to  29  years, 
30  to  39  years, 
40  to  49  years, 
50  to  59  years, 
60  to  69  years, 
70  to  79  years, 
80  years  and  over. 
Unknown  age. 

or  of 

7 

3 
3 

1 

70 

19 

8 

6 

7 

10 

14 

5 

1 

30 

1 

1 

9 

11 

7 
1 

258 

15 
27 
69 
-78 
56 
13 

19 

1 

1 

4 

13 

102 

4 
15 

28 
38 
17 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

1 

9 
2 

1 
2 

2 

1 
1 

54 

6 
1 
2 
11 
12 
12 
10 

7 

1 

1 
1 
4 

114 

6 
11 
24 
37 

29 

7 

28 

2 
5 

10 
11 

87 

3 
4 

12 
19 
28 
21 

1 
1 

1 
1 

No.  1.1 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


213 


D.     Maternal  Mortality 


Tahlfi  fi2 

D 

E.\JHS 

\ND  Death  R. 

ITES   PER    100,000    POPULATIOX 

FROM  Diseases  caused 

BY 

Pregxaxcv  and  Con- 

fixemext:*   1901  to  1919. 

Deaths. 

Death  RATES  — 

PER   100,000  MARRIED 

jj 

PER 

00,000 

POPU- 

PER    100,000   FEMALE 

FEMALE    POPULA- 

■;: 

^ 

LATIOX 

POPULATION. 

TION-,  : 

5  TO  4^ 

YEARS 

Years. 

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1901,    . 

273 

57 

216 

9.6 

2.0 

7.6 

18.6 

3.9 

14.7 

74.8 

15.6 

59.2 

1902, 

277 

61 

216 

9.6 

2.1 

7.5 

18.5 

4.1 

14.4  , 

74.3 

16.4 

57.9 

1903, 

310 

100 

210 

10.6 

3.4 

7.2 

20.4 

6.6 

13.8  1 

81.4 

26.3 

55.1 

1904, 

339 

87 

252 

11.4 

2.9 

8.5 

21.7 

5.6 

16.1 

87.3 

22.4 

64.9 

1905, 

318 

60 

258 

10.5 

2.0 

8.5 

20.1 

3.8 

16.3  ! 

80.2 

15.1 

65.1 

1906. 

340 

87 

253 

11.0 

2.8 

8.2 

21.2 

5.4 

15.8 

84.1 

21.5 

62.6 

1907, 

386 

83 

303 

12.2 

2.6 

9.6 

23.6 

5.1 

18.5 

93.7 

20.1 

73.6 

1908. 

357 

37 

320 

11.0 

1.1 

9.9 

21.5 

2.2 

19.3 

85.1 

8.8 

76.3 

1909, 

456 

89 

367 

13.8 

2.7 

11.1 

27.0 

5.3 

21.7 

106.7 

20.8 

85.9 

1910, 

402 

104 

298 

11.9 

3.1 

8.8 

23.4 

6.1 

17.3 

92.3 

23.9 

68. 4 

1911, 

506 

143 

363 

14.7 

4.2 

10.6 

29.0 

6.0 

23.0 

114.2 

32.3 

81.9 

1912, 

435 

97 

338 

12.4 

2.8 

9.6 

1     24.5 

5.5 

19.0 

96.5 

21.5 

75.0 

1913, 

467 

101 

366 

13.1 

2.8 

10.2 

25.9 

5.6 

20.3 

101.8 

22.0 

79.8 

1914, 

538 

104 

434 

14.8 

2.9 

11.9 

29.4 

5.7 

23.7 

115.3 

22.3 

93.0 

1915, 

462 

106 

356 

12.5 

2.9 

9.6 

24.9 

5.7 

19.2 

97.4 

22.3 

75.1 

1916, 

525 

159 

366 

13.9 

4.2 

9.7 

27.3 

8.3 

19.0 

106.0 

32.1 

73.9 

1917, 

616 

194 

422 

16.0 

5.0 

11.0 

31.5 

9.9 

21.6 

122.0 

38.4 

83.6 

1918, 

804 

159 

645 

20.6 

4.1 

16.5 

40.4 

8.0 

32.4 

1919, 

622 

163 

459 

16.2 

4.2 

11.9 

31.8 

8.3 

23.5 

- 

- 

- 

Table  63 

Death  Rates  per  10,000  Confinements  and  per 

10,000  Births 

1  FROM  Diseases 

CAUSED  BY  Pregnancy  a>«-d 

Confinement 

(134-141):*  1901  to  1919. 

PER  10,000  con- 
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PER   10,000   Bl 

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PER 

10,000 

BIRTHS 

LIVE 

!      PER  10.000 

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1901,     . 

37 

8 

29 

37 

8 

29 

38 

8 

30 

1 

^ 

1902,     . 

37 

8 

29 

37 

8 

29 

38 

8 

30 

^     38 

1 

1903,     . 

41 

13 

28 

41 

13 

28 

42 

14 

28 

f      40 

1904,      . 

44 

11 

33 

44 

11 

33 

45 

12 

33 

1905,      . 

41 

8 

33 

41 

8 

33 

42 

8 

34 

1     ^^ 

1906,     . 

41 

11 

30 

41 

10 

31 

42 

11 

31 

J 

1 

1907,     . 

44 

10 

34 

44 

9 

35 

45 

10 

35 

1 

1908,      . 

40 

4 

36 

40 

4 

36 

41 

4 

37 

45 

j-     44 

1909,      . 

52 

10 

42 

52 

10 

42 

54 

11 

43 

1910,      . 

45 

12 

33 

45 

12 

33 

46 

12 

34 

1 

1911,      . 

56 

16 

40 

55 

16 

39 

57 

16 

41 

\     49 

1912,      . 

47 

11 

36 

47 

10 

37 

48 

11 

37 

J 

1913,      . 

50 

11 

39 

49 

11 

38 

51 

11 

40 

1  .. 

f     51 

1914,      . 

56 

11 

45 

56 

11 

45 

58 

11 

47 

1 

1915,      . 

48 

11 

37 

48 

11 

37 

48 

11 

37 

J 

J 

1916,      . 

55 

17 

39 

54 

16 

38 

56 

17 

39 

> 

1917,      . 

63 

20 

43 

62 

20 

43 

64 

20 

44 

[     67 

673 

1918.      . 

82 

16 

66 

1      81 

16 

65 

84 

17 

67 

J 

1919,      . 

69 

18 

51 

68 

18 

60    i 

71 

19 

52 

69 

1  Inclusive  of  stillbirths  and  making  proper  deductions  for  plural  births. 

2  Inclusive  of  stillbirths.  3  Four-year  average. 


214         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


E.    Deaths  Investigated 


Table  64 

Cause  of  Death. 

Deaths  (inclusive  of  Stillbirths) 

d 

THE  state. 

counties. 

^ 
g 
3 

Number. 

Per  Cent 
distri- 
bution. 

Barn- 
stable. 

Berk- 
shire. 

Bristol. 

Dukes. 

1 

All  Causes. 

6,1831 

100.0 

53 

130 

569 

8 

2 

Violence. 

2,854 

46.2 

16 

66 

223 

1 

3 

Hoinicid^. 

104 

1,7 

- 

3 

4 

- 

4 
5 
6 

7 

Firearms  (182) 

Stabbing  (183) 

Infanticide  (184c), 

Other  methods  (184) 

47 
16 
14 
27 

.7 
.3 
.2 
.4 

- 

2 

1 

1 
3 

-_ 

8 

Suicide. 

449 

7.2 

5 

7 

36 

- 

9 

10 
11 
12 

Firearms  (159), 

Asphyxia  bv  illuminating  gas  (156a),    • 
Hanging  (157),         .         .         .         .      •    . 
Poisons  (155), 

121 
126 

58 
39 

1.9 

2.0 

.9 

.6 

1 

2 
1 
1 
3 

3 
11 

8 
5 

: 

13 
14 
15 

Drowning  (158), 

Cutting  throat  (160),      .... 
Other  methods, 

52 
31 

22 

.8 
.6 
.3 

3 

1 

- 

6 

2 

1 

- 

16 

Accident  or  Negligence. 

2,301 

37.3 

11 

56 

183 

1 

17 

18 
19 
20 
21 

Public  travel  (railroads,  vehicles,  etc.) 

fl75), 

Falls,  blows,  and  falling  bodies  (172, 186), 
Burns,  scalds,  and  explosions  (166,  167), 
Drowning  (169),      ..... 
Asphyxia  (other  than  drowning)  (168), 

821 
481 
265 
268 
203 

13.2 
7.9 
4  4 
4.4 
3.3 

4 
2 

5 

16 
5 
3 

17 
9 

60 
37 
34 
15 

27 

- 

22 
23 
24 
25 
26 

Machinery  (174), 

Weather  agencies  (178-180),    . 

Poisons  (165) 

Firearms  and  other  weapons  (170), 
Other  accidental  causes. 

42 
23 
117 

37 
44 

.7 

.4 

1.9 

.6 

.7 

- 

2 
1 

1 
1 
1 

6 

1 
2 

1 

1 

27 

Legal  Electrocution. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

28 

Causes  not  due  to  Violence. 

3,221 

52.1 

36 

62 

312 

7 

29 
30 
31 

Natural  causes, 

Alcoholism  (56), 

Unknown  or  ill-defined  causes, 

2,929 
106 
186 

47.3 
1.7 
3.0 

36 

50 
6 
6 

253 

4 

55 

6 

1 

32 

Stillbirths. 

108 

1.7 

1 

2 

34 

- 

Autopsies. 

33 
34 

Number, 

Per  cent  of  cases  investigated. 

486 

7.8 

2 
3.8 

5 
3.8 

16 

2.8 

- 

1  Includes  550  views  for  cremations. 


No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


215 


BY  Medical  Ex.\miners. 


INVESTIGATED  BY  MedICAL  EXAMINEES,   BY  CaCSE   OF   DeaTH,   IN   EaCH  CouNTY:    1919. 


6 

COUNTIES  — Con. 

c 

Essex. 

Frank- 
lin. 

Hamp- 
den. 

Hamp- 
shire. 

Middle- 
sex. 

Nan- 
tucket. 

Norfolk. 

Plym- 
outh. 

Suffolk. 

Worces- 
ter. 

1 

595 

70 

439 

103 

1,178 

2 

328 

202 

1,867 

639 

2 

336 

36 

259 

43 

491 

- 

124 

111 

866 

282 

3 

11 

2 

6 

- 

14 

- 

2 

6 

47 

9 

4 
5 
6 

7 

5 

3 
3 

1 
1 

3 

1 

2 

.- 

5 
4 

1 
4 

- 

1 
1 

2 
4 

25 

9 
5 

8 

3 

2 
4 

8 

58 

3 

34 

5 

79 

- 

18 

17 

130 

57 

9 

10 
11 
12 

12 

26 
9 
4 

2 

1 

11 

9 
2 

3 

1 
1 

29 
15 
8 
4 

- 

7 
3 
3 
2 

6 
7 
4 

33 
47 
10 

9 

15 

7 

11 

8 

13 
14 
15 

5 

1 
1 

- 

3 
5 

1 

2 

1 

11 
10 
2 

- 

1 
2 

- 

15 
5 
11 

6 
5 
5 

16 

267 

31 

219 

38 

398 

- 

104 

88 

689 

221 

17 
18 
19 
20 
21 

98 
49 
25 
48 
23 

14 
4 

1 
8 

69 
33 
20 

00 

"l 

10 
7 
4 

11 

1 

170 
72 
42 
52 
25 

- 

43 
16 
11 
21 
6 

35 
14 

16 
8 
7 

220 

189 
78 
42 
84 

82 
53 
31 
19 
14 

22 
23 
24 
25 
26 

9 
4 
1 

2 
8 

2 
2 

5 

53 
6 
4 

1 
3 

1 

3 
5 

10 
8 

11 

- 

0 

3 

2 

1 
3 
3 

1 

15 

5 

35 

12 

9 

1 
5 
5 
2 
4 

27 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

28 

254 

34 

173 

60 

665 

2 

202 

90 

975 

349 

29 
30 
31 

217 
13 
24 

20 

1 

13 

169 
3 

1 

51 

1 
8 

624 

5 

36 

2 

193 
2 

7 

78 
6 
6 

892 
62 
21 

340 
3 
6 

32 

5 

- 

7 

- 

22 

- 

2 

1 

26 

8 

33 
34 

13 
2.2 

3 
4.3 

28 
6  4 

4 
4.0 

45 

3  8 

- 

15 
4  5 

18 

8.9 

315 
16.8 

22 
•3.4 

216         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  65 

Cause  of  Death. 

1 

Deaths  due 

TO  Violence  and  Other 
AND  Months,  and  by 

^3 

s  > 

< 

MONTHS. 

C 

i 

s 

c 

c 

b 
1 

^ 
^ 

i 

1 

i 

3 

•-5 

1 

s 

1 

S 

1 

3J 

S 
O 

All  Causes. 

T 
M 
F 

6,183 

3,995 
2,188 

629 

386 
243 

539 

342 
197 

517 

347 
170 

540 

340 
200 

521 

348 
173 

491 

320 
171 

540 

343 
197 

453 

300 
153 

393 

263 
130 

479 

314 
165 

448 

303 
145 

633 

389 
244 

All  Causes  (exclusive  of 

Stillbirths). 

T 
M 
F 

6,075 

.3,938 
2,137 

622 

380 
242 

531 

336 
195 

509 

343 
166 

533 

335 
198 

510 

346 
164 

483 

314 
169 

531 

.337 
194 

442 

292 
150 

385 

261 
124 

467 

310 
157 

443 

301 
142 

619 

383 
236 

Violence. 

T 
M 
F 

2,854 
2,075 

779 

262 
168 
94 

224 
159 
65 

203 
157 
46 

239 
176 
63 

253 
186 
67 

247 
183 
64 

255 
191 
64 

252 
184 
68 

197 
151 
46 

231 
174 
57 

207 
149 
58 

284 
197 

87 

Suicide. 

T 
M 
F 

449 
294 
155 

34 
23 
11 

38 
25 
13 

41 

32 
9 

49 
31 
18 

48 
33 
15 

46 
29 
17 

37 
22 
15 

40 
23 
17 

22 
13 
9 

33 
25 

8 

25 

18 
7 

36 
20 
16 

155 

By  poison,         .... 

T 
M 
F 

39 
19 
20 

5 
4 

1 

3 

1 
2 

2 
2 

7 
4 
3 

7 
1 
6 

2 

1 
1 

4 

1 
3 

3 
3 

1 
1 

3 
2 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

155a 

Arsenic  and  its  compounds,. 

T 
F 

14 

7 

1 
1 

: 

2 
2 

2 
2 

4 
1 
3 

: 

2 
2 

1 
1 

1 

1 

: 

1 

1 

- 

1556 

Opium  and  its  preparations, 

T 
M 
F 

4 
3 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

155c 

Carbolic  acid. 

T 
M 
F 

8 
2 
6 

3 
2 

1 

- 

- 

1 
1 

2 
2 

- 

1 
1 

: 

I 

- 

- 

155rf 

Other  poisons, 

T 
F 

13 

7 
6 

i 

2 

2 

- 

4 

2 
2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

- 

- 

- 

156 

By  asphyxia,     .... 

T 

M 
F 

128 
62 
66 

7 
2 
5 

12 

8 
4 

11 

7 
4 

14 
9 
5 

14 
6 

8 

10 

2 
8 

6 
3 
3 

7 
2 
5 

13 
6 

7 

14 
11 

7 
3 
4 

13 
3 
10 

156a 

Illuminating  gas,  . 

T 
M 
F 

126 
62 
64 

7 
2 
5 

12 
8 
4 

11 

7 
4 

14 
9 
5 

14 
6 

8 

10 
2 

8 

6 
3 
3 

7 
2 
5 

13 
6 

7 

14 
11 
3 

6 
3 
3 

12 
3 

9 

1566 

Other  forms  of  asphyxia, 

T 
M 
F 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

157 

By  hanging  or  strangulation,  . 

T 
M 
F 

58 
42 
16 

5 
3 
2 

3 

2 

1 

6 
5 
1 

8 
5 
3 

11 
10 

1 

5 
4 

1 

5 
2 
3 

6 
3 
3 

1 
1 

2 
1 
1 

4 
4 

2 

2 

158 

Bj-  drowning,    .... 

T 
M 
F 

52 
24 

28 

3 

1 
2 

3 

1 
2 

8 
5 
3 

11 
5 
6 

1 
1 

3 
1 

2 

5 

2 
3 

5 

1 
4 

1 
1 

4 
3 

1 

1 
1 

6 
3 
3 

159 

By  firearms,      .... 

T 
M 
F 

121 

110 

11 

7 

14 
11 
3 

12 
11 

1 

7 

13 
13 

16 
16 

12 
9 
3 

14 
11 
3 

4 
4 

8 
1 

7 

7 

7 
7 

160 

By  cutting  or  piercing  instru- 
ments. 

T 
M 
F 

31 
27 
4 

2 
1 
1 

2 
2 

- 

1 
1 

6 
5 

1 

5 
5 

2 
2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

4 
4 

161 

By  jumping  from  high  places, 

T 
M 
F 

11 
6 
5 

! 

1 
1 

- 

- 

1 
1 

4 

4 

- 

2 

1 
1 

: 

: 

2 
2 

- 

162 

By  crushing 

T 

M 
F 

5 

2 

3 

: 

- 

- 

2 
1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

: 

: 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


217 


Causes,  investigated  by  Medical  Examiners  by  Cacsbs,  Sex 

^ 

Causes,  Sex,  and  Age: 

1919. 

^ 

AGE 

PERIODS. 

c 

11 

lit 

2 
2 

U3 

O 

2 

o 

.1 

g 

II 

o  a 
00 

1 

e 

188 

310 

335 

282 

172 

182 

499 

620 

733 

831 

860 

714 

397 

60 

110 

189 

217 

190 

128 

136 

344 

456 

510 

568 

556 

388 

161 

42 

78 

121 

118 

92 

44 

46 

155 

164 

223 

263 

304 

326 

236 

18 

80 

310 

335 

282 

172 

182 

499 

620 

733 

831 

860 

714 

397 

60 

53 

189 

217 

190 

128 

136 

344 

456 

510 

568 

556 

388 

161 

42 

27 

121 

118 

92 

44 

46 

155 

164 

223 

263 

304 

326 

236 

18 

12 

55 

240 

247 

146 

154 

361 

389 

376 

328 

236 

187 

106 

17 

9 

40 

156 

169 

120 

122 

277 

307 

293 

246 

160 

115 

49 

12 

3 

15 

84 

78 

26 

32 

84 

82 

83 

82 

76 

72 

57 

5 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

15 

66 

85 

94 

83 

59 

26 

17 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1 

9 

41 

55 

63 

57 

38 

19 

10 

1 

- 

- 

1 

6 

25 

30 

31 

26 

21 

7 

7 

1 

155 

- 

- 

_ 

1 

1 

7 

15 

11 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

6 

8 

3 

_ 

_ 

_ 

~ 

- 

'   - 

- 

1 

1 

5 

9 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

155a 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

3 

7 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

— 

— 

— 

- 

— 

— 

2 

4 

1 

— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1556 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

2 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

~ 

: 

: 

: 

: 

~ 

1 

1 

2 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

155c 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

5 
2 
3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

155d 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

3 

6 

2 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

2 

2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

156 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

5 

11 

19 

25 

30 

22 

8 

7 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

5 

9 

10 

16 

11 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

6 

10 

15 

14 

11 

3 

5 

1 

156a 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

5 

11 

17 

25 

30 

22 

8 

7 

1 

- 

- 

- 

4 

5 

9 

10 

16 

11 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

6 

8 

15 

14 

11 

3 

5 

1 

156b 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

— 

— 

— 

— 

~ 

— 

- 

— 

— 

— 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

157 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

2 

7 

9 

13 

8 

12 

5 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

3 

6 

11 

7 

8 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

4 

3 

2 

1 

4 

1 

- 

158 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

2 

6 

9 

12 

12 

7 

3 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

5 

4 

5 

4 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

3 

4 

8 

7 

3 

1 

- 

159 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

4 

26 

23 

25 

24 

9 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

22 

22 

24 

22 

8 

4 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

4 

1 

1 

2 

1 

- 

- 

160 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

4 

7 

4 

4 

6 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

3 

6 

4 

4 

5 

3 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

- 

1 

1 

- 

161 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

1 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

162 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

_ 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

. 

- 

- 

- 

218         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


c 

Table  65 

Cause  of  Death. 

X 

Deaths 

DUE 

TO  Vpolence 

AND   MON 

AND  Other 

THS,    AND    BY 

ii 

s  > 

< 

MONTHS. 

1 

3 

e 

1 

a 

< 

o 

a 

3 

>-5 

'-3 

3 

1 

s 

O 

1 

> 
o 

1 

Violence  —  Con. 

Suicide  —  Con. 

163 

Other  suicides, 

T 
M 
F 

t 

2 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3 

1 
2 

Homicide. 

T 
M 
F 

104 

80 
24 

11 

6 
5 

8 

7 
1 

9 
7 
2 

10 
9 

1 

9 
7 
2 

6 
5 

1 

9 
8 

1 

11 

8 
3 

11 
11 

4 
2 

2 

5 
4 

1 

11 
6 
5 

182 

By  firearms,      .... 

T 
M 
F 

47 
40 

7 

4 
3 
1 

4 
4 

6 
6 

5 
5 

4 
3 

1 

2 

1 
1 

5 
4 

1 

2 
2 

7 
7 

1 
1 

2 

2 

5 

3 
2 

183 

By  cutting  or  piercing  instru- 
ments. 

T 
M 

16 
13 
3 

3 
2 
1 

2 

2 
2 

3 
3 

2 
2 

2 
2 

- 

~ 

: 

~ 

~ 

2 
1 
1 

184 

By  other  means. 

T 
M 
F 

41 
27 
14 

4 

1 
3 

4 
3 

1 

3 
2 

1 

2 

1 
1 

2 
2 

2 
2 

9 
6 
3 

4 
4 

3 

2 
1 

3 

2 

1 

4 

2 
2 

184a 

Falls  and  blows,    . 

T 
M 
F 

24 
16 

8 

3 
1 

2 

2 
1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

1 
1 

4 
4 

4 
4 

1 

1 

2 
2 

2 

2 

1845 

Abortion,       .... 

F 

3 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

184c 

Infanticide,    .... 

T 
M 
F 

14 
11 
3 

- 

2 
2 

~ 

1 
1 

1 
1 

~ 

1 
1 

4 

0 

2 

- 

2 
2 

1 
1 

2 
2 

md 

Smothering    and   strangula- 
tion. 

T 
M 
F 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

me 

Legal  electrocution. 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

184/ 

Other  means, 

T 
M 
F 

- 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

- 

- 

- 

': 

- 

: 

Accidental. 

T 
M 
F 

2,301 

1,701 

600 

217 
139 

78 

178 
127 
51 

153 
118 
35 

180 
136 
44 

196 
146 
50 

195 
149 
46 

209 
161 

48 

201 
153 

48 

164 
127 
37 

194 
147 

47 

177   237 
127  1171 
50     66 

164 

Poisoning  by  food,   . 

T 
M 
F 

4 
4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

- 

1 
1 

~ 

~ 

2 
2 

165 

Other  acute  poisonings,    . 

T 

117 

90 

27 

2 
2 

9 
3 
6 

5 
3 
2 

5 
3 
2 

4 
2 
2 

3 
2 

1 

6 
4 
2 

4 
2 
2 

3 
2 

1 

3 

2 

1 

10 

8 
2 

63 

57 

6 

166 

Conflagration,  .... 

T 
M 
F 

19 
17 
2 

3 
3 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

- 

1 
1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

2 
2 

_ 

1 
1 

5 
4 

1 

167 

Burns  (conflagration  excepted), 

T 

246 
107 
139 

39 

9 

30 

27 

11 

24 
14 
10 

16 

9 

7 

21 

7 
14 

5 
3 
2 

18 
9 
9 

18 
9 
9 

11 
9 
2 

15 

8 

7 

17 
8 
9 

35 
10 

25 

168 

Absorption  of  deleterious  gases, 

T 
M 
F 

203 

141 

62 

37 
24 
13 

24 
18 
6 

18 
15 
3 

17 
11 
6 

11 

7 
4 

7 
5 
2 

5 
3 
2 

9 
6 
3 

8 
5 
3 

20 
15 
5 

23 

17 

6 

24 
15 

9 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


219 


Causes,  investigated  by  Medical  Examiners  bt  Causes,  Sex, 
Causes,  Sex,  and  Age:  1919. 


T5Z 


■2  3 
:  3  >. 


AGE   PERIODS. 


S| 


St5 


163 


182 


183 


184 


184a 


1846 
184c 


184rf 


184e 


184/ 


164 


237 
155 

82 


245 

167 

78 


143 

118 
25 


133 
108 
25 


266 

216 

50 


279 
231 

48 

3 
3 


267 
219 

48 

1 
1 


240 
186 
54 


176 
121 
55 


158 
93 
65 


165 


166 


167 


26 


220 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  65 

Cacse  of  Death. 

Deaths  due 

to  Violence  and  Other 
AND  Months,  and  by 

^"3 

■'-•'6 
—  > 

< 

MONTHS. 

^ 
1 

5 

^ 

i 
§ 

a 

i 
^ 

c 

1 

< 

1 

1 

5 

1 

> 

o 

S 
1 

Violence  —  Con. 

Accidental  —  Con. 

169 

Accidental  drowning, 

T 
M 
F 

268 

234 

34 

26 

22 

4 

8 
8 

16 
15 

1 

18 
16 

2 

32 
31 

1 

41 

37 

4 

50 

42 
8 

31 

27 
4 

23 
19 
4 

10 
8 
2 

3 

2 

1 

10 

7 
3 

170 

Traumatism  by  firearms, 

T 
F 

37 

35 

2 

3 

2 

1 

4 
4 

3 
3 

- 

1 
1 

2 
2 

4 
4 

- 

7 
7 

I 

5 
5 

5 

4 

1 

171 

Traumatism     by    cutting    or 
piercing  instruments. 

T 
I\I 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

_ 
- 

- 

~ 

_ 

_ 

- 

~ 
- 

172 

Traumatism  by  fall. 

T 
M 
F 

317 
200 
•117 

28 
9 
19 

29 
19 
10 

30 
23 

7 

26 
18 
8 

34 
26 

8 

32 
21 
11 

22 
13 

9 

25 
17 
8 

23 
13 
10 

25 
15 
10 

20 
11 

9 

23 
15 

8 

173 

Traumatism     in    mines     and 
quarries. 

T 
M 
F 

- 

;; 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

~ 

~ 

- 

174 

Traumatism  by  machines. 

T 
M 
F 

42 

40 

2 

2 

2 

3 
2 

1 

1 
1 

6 
6 

4 
3 

1 

I 

4 
4 

3 
3 

6 
6 

2 
2 

5 
5 

3 
3 

174a 

Elevators,       .... 

T 
M 
F 

14 
14 

1 
1 

2 
2 

2 

2 

1 
1 

- 

3 
3 

1 
1 

3 
3 

: 

1 
1 

i 

1746 

Other  machines,    . 

T 
M 
F 

28 

26 

2 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

4 
4 

3 
2 

1 

I 

1 
1 

2 
2 

3 
3 

2 
2 

4 
4 

3 
3 

175 

Traumatism  by  other  crushing, 

T 
M 
F 

821 
641 
180 

52 

43 

9 

52 
42 
10 

45 
35 
10 

69 
54 
15 

70 
53 
17 

80 
60 
20 

67 
55 
12 

86 
66 
20 

66 
51 
15 

99 
79 
20 

77 
56 
21 

58 
47 
11 

175a 

Railroad   accidents  and  in- 
juries. 

T 
M 
F 

171 
150 

21 

17 
14 
3 

14 
13 

1 

10 

9 

1 

13 
11 
2 

16 
14 

2 

17 
15 
2 

21 

21 

15 
12 
3 

7 
6 
1 

18 
16 
2 

9 
7 
2 

14 
12 
2 

1756 

Street-car  accidents  and  in- 
juries. 

T 
M 
F 

74 
57 
17 

6 
5 

1 

7 
6 
1 

4 

1 
3 

9 
7 
2 

4 
3 

1 

4 
3 

1 

1 
1 

11 

9 
2 

8 
8 

4 
3 

4 
4 

9 
7 
2 

175c 

Automobile    accidents    and 
injuries. 

T 
M 
F 

503 
366 
137 

25 
20 
5 

27 
19 
8 

26 

20 

6 

37 
26 
11 

42 
29 
13 

48 
33 
15 

43 
33 
10 

55 
40 
15 

41 
28 
13 

66 
51 
15 

62 
43 
19 

31 

24 

7 

md 

Injuries  by  other  vehicles,    . 

T 
U 
F 

68 
63 
5 

3 
3 

3 
3 

4 
4 

10 
10 

8 
7 
1 

11 
9 
2 

2 
1 

1 

5 
5 

10 

9 

1 

7 
7 

1 
1 

4 
4 

175f 

Landslide,  or  other  crushing, 

T 
U 
F 

5 
5 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

~ 

~ 

1 
1 

1 
1 

- 

176 

Injuries  by  animals. 

T 
M 
F 

7 
7 

1 
1 

- 

- 

1 
1 

_ 

_ 

I 

2 
2 

- 

- 

- 

: 

177 

Starvation 

T 
M 
F 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

178 

Excessive  cold. 

T 
M 
F 

8 
6 
2 

2 
2 

2 
2 

- 

1 
1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


221 


Cacses,  investigated 

BY  Medical 

Examiners  by  Causes,  Se 

X, 

Causes,  Sex,  and  Age 

1919. 

^ 

AGE 

periods. 

-a 

a 

S 

J2 

3 

0 
S 

si 

0 

4 

CO 

0 

0 

1^ 
s 

s 

il 

^ 

►^ 

169 

1 

1 

25 

42 

43 

36 

43 

33 

20 

11 

8 

1 

2 

2 

1 

19 

38 

38 

32 

38 

27 

19 

11 

7 

1 

1 

2 

1 

- 

6 

4 

5 

4 

5 

6 

1 

- 

1 

- 

1 

- 

170 

_ 

_ 

2 

4 

8 

9 

9 

1 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

- 

1 

_ 

- 

1 

1 

3 
1 

8 

9 

9 

1 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

171 

: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

172 

5 

32 

15 

3 

3 

19 

36 

33 

32 

32 

56 

50 

1 

- 

3 

23 

9 

1 

2 

17 

30 

27 

23 

18 

27 

19 

1 

- 

2 

9 

6 

2 

1 

2 

6 

6 

9 

14 

29 

31 

- 

173 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

174 

2 

5 

6 

10 

9 

6 

3 

1 

] 

: 

: 

: 

~ 

2 

5 

5 

1 

9 

1 

9 

6 

3 

1 

~ 

~ 

174a 

_ 

_ 

. 

_ 

1 

4 

1 

2 

3 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

4 

1 

2 

3 

1 

2 

- 

- 

: 

1746 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

5 

8 

6 

5 

1 

1 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

: 

1 

1 

4 

1 

7 
1 

6 

5 

1 

1 

: 

: 

175 

_ 

2 

58 

137 

66 

54 

108 

82 

94 

90 

65 

48 

13 

4 

- 

2 

44 

97 

56 

44 

89 

66 

78 

73 

46 

34 

10 

2 

- 

14 

40 

10 

10 

19 

16 

16 

17 

19 

14 

3 

2 

175a 

- 

- 

4 

8 

9 

14 

29 

29 

25 

27 

16 

8 

2 

- 

- 

- 

3 

8 

8 

12 

25 

25 

23 

25 

12 

7 

2 

- 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

2 

4 

4 

2 

2 

4 

1 

- 

- 

1756 

_ 

_ 

11 

6 

4 

3 

9 

5 

10 

12 

5 

5 

4 

_ 

- 

- 

9 

4 

4 

2 

8 

2 

9 

9 

3 

5 

2 

- 

- 

- 

2 

2 

- 

1 

1 

3 

1 

3 

2 

- 

2 

- 

175c 

_ 

2 

34 

117 

48 

32 

55 

43 

47 

43 

42 

34 

3 

3 

- 

2 

23 

82 

39 

25 

41 

35 

34 

32 

29 

21 

2 

1 

- 

- 

11 

35 

9 

7 

14 

8 

13 

11 

13 

13 

1 

2 

175d 

_ 

_ 

9 

6 

5 

5 

14 

4 

12 

6 

1 

1 

4 

1 

- 

- 

9 

3 
3 

5 

5 

14 

3 

1 

12 

5 
1- 

1 

1 

4 

1 

175  f 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

1 

_ 

2 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

~ 

1 

1 

~ 

2 

1 

~ 

~ 

~ 

176 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

2 

1 

_ 

1 

1 

2 

_ 

_ 

_ 

177 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

1 

- 

1 

1 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

178 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

- 

- 

" 

~ 

■ 

" 

" 

" 

" 

~ 

" 

1 

" 

" 

1 

■ 

222 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


6 

Table  65 

Cacse  of  Death. 

Deaths  due  to  Violence  and  Other 
and  Months,  and  bt 

.2 

11 

=:  > 

< 

MONTHS. 

1 

a 
c 

1-5 

1 

1 

a 
< 

^ 
^ 

1 

3 

1 

1 
1 

Q. 

0) 

1 

1 

> 

o 

:z: 

1 

179 
180 
181 
185 
186 

Violence  —  Con. 
Accidental  —  Con. 
Effects  of  heat, 

Lightning 

Electricity  (lightning excepted), 

Fractures  (cause  not  specified), 

Other  external  violence,   . 

Causes  NOT  due  to  Violence. 

Stillbirths. 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

T 

F 

T 
M 
F 

T 
M 
F 

15 

9 
6 

25 
25 

8 
3 
5 

164 
142 
22 

3,221 
1,863 
1,358 

108 

57 
51 

1 
1 

21 
19 
2 

360 
212 

148 

7 

6 

1 

1 
1 

18 
16 
2 

307 

177 
130 

8 

6 
2 

10 
8 
2 

306 
186 
120 

8 

4 
4 

3 
3 

2 

1 
1 

14 

12 
2 

294 
159 
135 

7 

5 
2 

1 
1 

3 
3 

14 
11 
3 

257 

160 

97 

11 

2 

9 

4 
2 
2 

1 
1 

1 

1 

15 
12 
3 

236 
131 
105 

8 

6 

2 

10 
6 

4 

3 
3 

2 

2 

13 
13 

276 
146 
130 

9 

6 
3 

3 
3 

18 
16 
2 

190 

108 

82 

11 

8 
3 

3 
3 

1 

1 

11 

10 

1 

188 

no 

78 

8 

2 
6 

5 
5 

12 
10 

■    2 

236 
136 
100 

12 

4 

8 

2 
2 

11 
9 
2 

236 
152 

84 

5 

2 
3 

335 
186 
149 

14 

6 

8 

Table  66 

Counties. 

Deaths  (inclusive 
Medical 

OF  Stillbirths)  investigated  and  Autopsies  m.^de  by 
Examiners  in  Each  County:  1910  to  1919. 

10  years,  1910  TO  1919. 

1919. 

1918.          1 

1917. 

1916. 

o 

Views. 

autopsies. 

Views. 

Autop- 
sies. 

Views. 

Autop- 
sies. 

Views. 

Autop- 
sies. 

Views. 

13 

Num- 
ber. 

Per 
cent. 

Autop- 
sies. 

1 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 
13 
14 
15 

The  State. 

Barnstable,  . 
Berkshire,     . 
Bristol, 
Dukes, 
Essex,  . 

Franklin,      . 
Hampden,    . 
Hampshire, 
Middlesex,    . 
Nantucket,  . 

Norfolk, 
Plymouth,    . 
Suffolk, 
Worcester,     . 

64,281 

503 

1,489 

5,893 

91 

6,341 

811 

4,275 

1,068 

11,487 

48 

3,070 

1,869 

20,662 

6,674 

6,446 

23 
46 
186 
6 
257 
1 

16 
191 

31 

761 

3 

1      196 

145 

4,206 

379 

10.0 

4.5 
3.1 
3.1 
6.6 
4.1 

1.9 
4.4 
2.9 
6.6 
6.3 

6.4 

7.7 

20.3 

5.7 

6,183 

53 
130 

569 

8 

595 

70 

439 

103 

1,178 

2 

328 

202 

1,867 

639 

486 

2 

5 

16 

13 

3 
28 

4 
45 

15 

18 

31i 

2? 

7,227 

48 

143 

749 

2 

691 

95 

487 

104 

1,375 

6 

383 

220 

2,153 

771 

553 

1 

1 

16 

21 

2 

.  25 

1 

25 

36 

13 

380 

32 

7,288 

49 
147 
719 
4 
682 

105 

561 

94 

1,381 

4 

341 

228 

2,193 

780 

626 

3 
3 

19 
1 

36 

3 
21 

4 
57 

20 

13 

403 

43 

7,028 

61 
161 
631 

13 
688 

86 

476 

100 

1,235 

3 

305 

205 

2,280 

784 

791 

3 
2 

26 
1 

35 

2 

23 

4 

133 

23 

15 

483 

41 

No.  1.] 


MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 


223 


Causes,  investigated  by  Medical  Examiners  by  Causes,  Sex, 
Causes,  Sex,  and  Age:  1919. 


c 

age 

periods. 

o 

It 

'3.2 
P 

-3 

ill 

1-1 

S 

£ 

to 

so 

It 

£ 
o 

CO 

£ 

o 

it 

g 

s 

it 

o 

2I 

s 
1 

5 

179 

5 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

3 

1 

- 

1 
4 

: 

1 

: 

- 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

- 

2 

1 

1 

- 

180 

_ 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 
_ 

181 

1 

9 

6 

6 

2 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 

9 

6 

_ 

6 

2 

: 

: 

~ 

~ 

185 

_ 

_ 

1 

^ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

2 

2 

_ 

— 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

1 

- 

1 

— 

- 

— 

— 

- 

- 

1 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2 

2 

- 

186 

1 

6 

8 

7 

10 

22 

25 

24 

26 

16 

8 

2 

2 

1 

5 

8 

6 

6 

20 

24 

23 

22 

13 

7 

- 

2 

1 

1 

4 

2 

1 

1 

4 

3 

1 

2 

- 

68 

255 

95 

35 

26 

28 

138 

231 

357 

503 

624 

527 

291 

43 

44 

149 

61 

21 

8 

14 

67 

149 

217 

322 

396 

273 

112 

30 

24 

106 

34 

14 

18 

14 

71 

82 

140 

181 

228 

254 

179 

13 

108 

57 
51 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Deaths  (inclusive  of 

Stillbirths)  investigated  and 

Autopsies  made  by 

Medical  E 

XAMiNERs  IN  Each  County:  1910 

to  1919. 

1915. 

1914. 

1913. 

1912. 

1911. 

1910. 

1 

Autop- 

Autop- 

Autop- 

Autop- 

Views. 

Autop- 

Views. 

Autop- 

•;3 

sies. 

sies. 

sies. 

sies. 

sies. 

sies. 

1 

6,516 

629 

6,296 

479 

6,396 

889 

6,151 

730 

6,026 

661 

5,170 

602 

2 

60 

4 

57 

4 

52 

1 

36 

1 

57 

2 

30 

2 

3 

145 

4 

157 

12 

162 

2 

151 

4 

136 

8 

157 

5 

4 

618 

20 

610 

17 

515 

18 

548 

25 

494 

15 

440 

14 

5 

6 

12 

1 

16 

1 

7 

11 

1 

12 

- 

6 

663 

24 

641 

24 

590 

25 

629 

23 

624 

25 

538 

31 

7 

70 

3 

83 

_ 

90 

2 

74 

_ 

70 

1 

68 

- 

8 

452 

15 

415 

16 

454 

21 

425 

15 

244 

11 

322 

16 

9 

125 

4 

1        120 

2 

121 

5 

115 

4 

97 

1 

89 

2 

10 

1,252 

125 

'     1,057 

77 

1,095 

110 

1,020 

70 

1,028 

69 

866 

50 

11 

9 

1 

5 

1 

4 

1 

3 

- 

9 

- 

3 

- 

12 

311 

22 

281 

14 

304 

28 

281 

8 

291 

17 

245 

13 

13 

176 

13 

178 

11 

172 

23 

171 

11 

185 

17 

132 

11 

14 

1,960 

354 

1,977 

241 

2,161 

607 

2,115 

535 

2.186 

465 

1,770 

423 

15 

669 

40 

703 

59 

660 

45 

576 

33 

594 

29 

498 

35 

POPULATION  STATISTICS 


V. 

POPULATION  STATISTICS. 


Introductory, 227,  228 

Estimated  population, 228 

Statistical  tables,^ 229-236 

Introductory.  —  All  vital  statistics  are  based  upon  the  population. 
The  number  of  births,  marriages,  divorces,  and  deaths  is  expressed 
in  relation  to  the  population,  usually  as  rates  giving  the  number 
occurring  during  the  calendar  year  per  1,000  inhabitants  or  group 
of  inhabitants,  such  as  age  groups,  sex,  nativity,  race,  marital  con- 
dition, and  occupation  groups. 

Information  regarding  population  is  obtained  by  a  census  enumera- 
tion, and  in  Massachusetts  these  enumerations  are  made  every  five 
years.  The  last  census  in  this  Commonwealth  was  taken  by  the 
United  States  as  of  Jan.  1,  1920. 

The  population  of  any  community  or  State  is  continually  chang- 
ing, in  most  cases  increasing,  and  for  this  reason  it  becomes  necessary 
to  make  estimates  of  the  population  for  the  periods  between  the 
census  enumerations  upon  which  to  base  rates  for  the  various  vital 
events,  and  especially  for  the  accurate  computation  and  expression 
of  birth,  marriage,  divorce,  and  death  rates.  These  rates  are  com- 
monly calculated  upon  the  population  estimated  to  have  existed  at 
the  middle  of  the  year,  July  1.  Such  estimates  are  necessary  for  all 
dates  except  those  on  which  the  census  enumerations  are  made,  and 
are  in  all  cases  preferable  to  a  repetition  of  the  census  returns  for  a 
certain  year. 

For  non-census  years  the  statistical  tables  in  this  book  are  based 
upon  the  estimated  population  as  determined  by  the  arithmetical 
method,  which  assumes  a  constant  amount  of  increase  between  the 
census  years. 

1  For  a  list  of  the  tables  on  population  statistics,  see  page  vii. 


228         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 

The  totally  unexpected  and  well-nigh  inexplainable  result  of  the 
national  census  of  1920,  in  which  the  State  of  Massachusetts  shows  a 
gain  in  population  of  only  159,046  in  the  five-year  period  1916  to 
1920,  and  in  which  such  cities  as  Boston,  Cambridge,  Somerville, 
etc.,  show  practically  no  gain  in  population  during  the  last  five 
years,  although  housing  conditions  indicate  these  cities  tremendously 
overcrowded,  has  made  the  estimated  population  for  the  years  1916, 
1917,  and  1918  based  on  the  censuses  of  the  years  1910  and  1915 
appear  almost  absurd.  In  fact,  the  1918  statistics  on  births,  mar- 
riages, divorces,  and  deaths  were  based  on  a  higher  estimated  pop- 
ulation (3,907,576)  than  the  estimated  population  for  1919  (3,835,614) 
obtained  from  the  censuses  of  1915  and  1920. 

Estimated  Population.  —  The  decennial  census  of  the  Common- 
wealth for  1915  shows  that  the  total  population  of  Massachusetts  on 
April  1,  1915,  was  3,693,310.  This  was  an  increase  of  9.7  per  cent 
over  1910,  and  of  nearly  23  per  cent  over  1905.  The  estimated  pop- 
ulation as  of  July  1,  1919,  was  3,835,614,  a  gain  of  142,304,  or  3.8 
per  cent  over  1915,  the  lowest  percentage  of  gain  since  the  Civil 
War  period  of  1861  to  1865.  The  estimated  population  of  the  city  of 
Boston  for  July  1,  1919,  was  747,784,  a  gain  of  only  2,345  for  the 
51  months  (April  1,  1915,  to  July  1,  1919).  The  census  population  of 
the  cities  and  towns  of  this  Commonwealth,  by  sex,  for  1915,  1910, 
and  1905,  is  shown  in  Table  69,  on  pages  231  to  236,  and  the  estimated 
population,  as  of  July  1,  1919,  for  cities  and  towns  having  over 
15,000  inhabitants  for  both  sexes  combined.^  shown  in  Table  1,  on 
pages  15  to  21. 


No.  1.] 


POPULATION  STATISTICS. 


229 


STATISTICAL  TABLES. 


Table  67 

Population  of  jVI 

ASSACHUSETTS   AS   DETERMINED   BY  Ce 

1765  TO  1915. 

Nsus  Enumerations:  1 

Census  Years. 

Authority. 

Popula- 
tion. 

INCREASE    OVER 
PRECEDING  CENSUS. 

Per  cent 
annual 

Date 
of 

enumer- 

Number. 

Per  cent. 

increase. 

ation. 

1765, 

Provincial,  . 

239,7642 

-3 

1776, 

Provincial,  . 

299,8414 

60,077 

25.15 

'>.25 

Mar.  20 

1784. 

State,   . 

357,510 

57,669 

19.2 

2.4 

Sept.    1 

1790, 

United  States,      . 

378,787 

78,946 

26. 3  s 

2.06 

Aug.     1 

1800, 

United  States,      . 

422,845 

44,058 

11.6 

1.2 

Aug.     1 

1810, 

United  States,     . 

472,040 

49,195 

11.6 

1.2 

Aug.     1 

1820, 

United  States,      . 

523,287 

51.247 

10.9 

1.1 

Aug.     1 

1830, 

United  States,      . 

610,408 

87.121 

16.6 

1.7 

June     1 

1837, 

State,    . 

701,331 

90,923 

14.9 

2.1 

May     1 

1840, 

United  States,      . 

737,700 

127,292 

20.9 

2.1 

June     1 

1840, 

State,   . 

719,364 

18,033 

25.7 

8.6 

Ma>-     1 

1850, 

United  States,      . 

994,514 

256,814 

34.8 

3.5 

June     1 

1850, 

State,   . 

973,654 

254,290 

35.3 

3.5 

May     1 

1855, 

State,    . 

1,132,369 

137,855 

13.9 

2.6 

May     1 

1860, 

United  States,     . 

1,231,066 

98,697 

8.7 

1.7 

June     1 

1865, 

State,   . 

1,267,031 

35,965 

2.9 

.6 

May     1 

1870, 

United  States,     . 

1,457,351 

190,320 

15.0 

3.0 

June     1 

1875, 

State,   . 

1,651,912 

194,561 

13.4 

2.7 

May     1 

1880, 

United  States,     . 

1,783,085 

131.173 

7.9 

1.6 

June     1 

1885, 

State,   . 

1,942,141 

159,056 

8.9 

1.8 

May     1 

1890, 

United  States,     . 

2,238,943 

296,802 

15.3 

3.1 

June     1 

1895, 

State,   . 

2,500,183 

261,240 

11.7 

2.3 

May      1 

1900, 

United  States,     . 

2.805,346 

305,163 

12.2 

2.5 

June     1 

1905, 

State,   . 

3.003,680 

198,334 

7.1 

1.4 

May     1 

1910, 

United  States,     . 

3,366,416 

362,736 

12.1 

2.4 

Apr.   15 

1915, 

State,   . 

3,693,310 

326,894 

9.7 

1.9 

April    1 

The  estimated  population  for  the  intercensal  years,  1851  to  1919,  is  shown  in  Table  5  on  page  25. 

Includes  1,569  Indians. 

On  or  before  May  25. 

Includes  4,761  colored  population. 

Tliis  percentage  does  not  include  in  the  population  1,569  Indians. 

This  percentage  does  not  include  in  the  population  4,761  colored. 


230 


MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  68 

Census  Population 

of  Municipalities 

HAVING  Over  15,000 

Municipalities. 

Inhabitants  in 

915:   1880 

TO  1915. 

April  1, 

April  15, 

May  1, 

June  1, 

May  1, 

June  1, 

May  1, 

June  1, 

1915. 1 

1910. 

1905. 

1900. 

1895. 

1890. 

1885. 

1880. 

The  State. 

3,693,310 

3,366,416 

3,003,68p 

2.805,846 

2,500,183 

2,238,943 

1,942,141 

1,783,085 

CiTIFS   OVER 

100,000. 

Boston,  2 

745,439 

670,585 

595,380 

560.892 

496,920 

448.477 

390,393 

362.839 

Worcester, 

162,697 

145,986 

128,135 

118.421 

98,767 

84,655 

68,389 

58,291 

Fall  River,       . 

124,791 

119.295 

105,762 

104,863 

89,203 

74,398 

56,870 

48.961 

New  Bedford, 

109,568 

96,652 

74,362 

62,442 

55,251 

40,733 

33,393 

26.845 

Cambridge,     . 

108,822 

104,839 

97,434 

91,886 

81,643 

70.028 

59,658 

52.669 

Lowell,    . 

107,978 

106,294 

94,889 

94.969 

84,367 

77,696 

64.107 

59.475 

Springfield,     . 

102,971 

88,926 

73,540 

62.059 

51,522 

44,179 

37,575 

33,340 

50,000  TO  100,000. 

Lynn, 

95,803 

89,336 

77,042 

68,513 

62,354 

55,727 

45,867 

38,274 

Lawrence, 

90,259 

85,892 

70,050 

62,559 

52,164 

44,654 

38.862 

39,151 

Somerville, 

86,854 

77,236 

69,272 

61.643 

52,200 

40,152 

29.971 

24,933 

Brockton, 

62,288 

56,878 

47,794 

40.063 

33,165 

27,294 

20,783 

13,608 

Holyoke, 

60,816 

57,730 

49,934 

45,712 

40,322 

35,637 

27,895 

21,915 

25,000  TO  50,000. 

Haverhill,        . 

49,450 

44,115 

37,830 

37.175 

34,945 

31.132 

24,901 

21,115 

Maiden,  . 

48,907 

44,404 

38,037 

33.664 

29,708 

23.031 

16,407 

12,017 

Chelsea,  .         .         . 

43,426 

32,585 

37,289 

34.072 

31,264 

27.909 

25,709 

21,782 

Newton, 

43.113 

39.806 

36,827 

33,587 

27,590 

24.379 

19,759 

16,995 

Quincy,   . 

40,674 

32,642 

28,076 

23,899 

20,712 

16.723 

12,145 

10,570 

Fitchburg, 

39,656 

37,826 

33,021 

31.531 

26,409 

22,037 

15,375 

12,429 

Pittsfield, 

39,607 

32,121 

25,001 

21.766 

20.461 

17,281 

14,466 

13,364 

Everett,  . 

37,718 

33,484 

29,111 

24.336 

18,573 

11,068 

5,825 

4,159 

Salem,     .         .  •       . 

37,200 

43.697 

37,627 

35.956 

34.473 

30,801 

28,090 

27,563 

Taunton, 

36,161 

34,259 

30,967 

31,036 

27,115 

25,448 

23,674 

21,213 

Brookline  (town),   . 

33,490 

27,792 

23,436 

19,935 

16,164 

12,103 

9,196 

8,057 

Medford, 

30,509 

23,150 

19,686 

18,244 

14,474 

11,079 

9,042 

7,573 

Walt  ham. 

30.154 

27,834 

26,282 

23.481 

20,876 

18.707 

14,609 

11,712 

Chicopee, 

30,138 

25,401 

20,191 

19.167 

16,420 

14.050 

11,516 

11,286 

Revere,   . 

25,178 

18,219 

12,659 

10.395 

7,423 

5,668 

3,637 

2,263 

15,000  TO  25,000. 

Gloucester, 

24,478 

24.398 

26.011 

26.121 

28,211 

24,651 

21,703 

19,329 

Beverly, 

22,959 

18,650 

15,223 

13.884 

11,806 

10,821 

9,186 

8.456 

North  Adams, 

22,035 

22,019 

22,150 

24.200 

19,135 

16,074 

12,540 

10.191 

Northampton, 

21,654 

19,431 

19.957 

18,643 

16.746 

14,990 

12,896 

12.172 

Peabody, 

18,625 

15,721 

13,098 

11,523 

10,507 

10,158 

9,530 

9.028 

Attleboro, 

18,480 

16,215 

12,702 

11,335 

8,288 

7,577 

13,175 

11,111 

West  field  (town),    . 

18,411 

16,044 

13.611 

12,310 

10,663 

9.805 

8,961 

7,587 

Leominster,     . 

17,646 

17,580 

14,297 

12,392 

9,211 

7,269 

5.297 

5,772 

Melrose,  . 

16,880 

15,715 

14.295 

12,962 

11,965 

8,519 

6,101 

4,560 

Watertown  (town). 

16,515 

12,875 

11.258 

9,706 

7,788 

7,073 

6,238 

5,426 

Woburn, 

16,410 

15,308 

14.402 

14,254 

14,178 

13,499 

11,750 

10,931 

Gardner  (town), 

16,376 

14,699 

12,012 

10,813 

9,182 

8,424 

7,283 

4,988 

Framingham 

Jtown), 

15,860 

12,948 

11.548 

11,302 

9,512 

9,239 

8,275 

6.235 

Newburyport, 

15.311 

14,949 

14.675 

14,478 

14,552 

13,947 

13,716 

13.538 

Marlborough, 

15,250 

14,579 

14.073 

13,609 

14,977 

13,805 

10,941 

10.127 

1  The  population  for  each  city  and  town  in  the  Commonwealth  is  shown  in  Table  69,  pages  231  to  236. 

2  Hyde  Park  (in  Norfolk  County),  annexed  to  Boston  (in  Suffolk  County)  in  1911,  contained  15.507 
inhabitants  in  1910,  14,510  in  1905,  13,244  in  1900,  11,826  in  1895,  10,193  in  1890,  8,376  in  1885,  and  7,088  in 
1880.    No  other  counties  have  had  their  boundaries  changed  since  1874. 


No.  1.] 


POPULATION  STATISTICS. 


231 


Table  69 

Cities  and 

Population  of  Municipalities  by 

Sex:   1915,  1910,  and  1905. 

j 

Towns 

(Arranged 

alphabetically). 

1915. 

1910.1 

1905. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

The  State. 

3,693,310 

1,813,713 

1,879,597 

3,366,416 

1,655,248 

1,711,168 

3,003,680 

1,461,589 

1,542,091 

Abington,   . 

5,646 

2,767 

2,879 

5,455 

2,696 

2,759 

5.081 

2,529 

2,552 

Acton, 

2.151 

1,058 

1,093 

2,136 

2,089 

1,042 

1,047 

Acushnet,  . 

2,387 

1,193 

1,194 

1,692 

- 

_ 

1,284 

662 

622 

Adams, 

13,218 

6,363 

6,855 

13,026 

6,233 

6,793 

12,486 

5,964 

6,522 

Agawam,     . 

4,555 

2,327 

2,228 

3,501 

1,791 

1,710 

2,795 

1,414 

1,381 

Alford, 

271 

147 

124 

275 

_ 

_ 

275 

146 

129 

Amesbury, 

8,543 

4,079 

4,464 

9,894 

4,864 

5,030 

8,840 

4,204 

4,636 

Amherst,     . 

5.558 

2,649 

2,909 

5,112 

2,.358 

2,754 

5,313 

2,772 

2,541 

Andover,     . 

7,978 

3,615 

4,363 

7,301 

3,343 

3,958 

6,632 

3,1.30 

3,502 

Arlington,  . 

14,889 

6,870 

8,019 

11,187 

5,128 

6,059 

9,668 

4,503 

5,1«5 

Ashburnham,     . 

2,059 

1,052 

1,007 

2,107 

_ 

_ 

1,851 

939 

912 

Ashby, 

922 

480 

442 

885 

_ 

_ 

865 

437 

428 

Ashfield,     . 

994 

516 

478 

959 

_ 

_ 

959 

477 

482 

Ashland,     . 

2,005 

976 

1,029 

1,682 

_ 

_ 

1,597 

780 

817 

Athol, 

9,783 

4,876 

4,907 

8,536 

4,326 

4,210 

7,197 

3,545 

3,652 

Attleboro, 

18,480 

9,095 

9,385 

16,215 

8,064 

8,151 

12.702 

6,192 

6,510 

Auburn, 

3,281 

1,717 

1,564 

2,420 

2,006 

1,046 

960 

Avon, 

2,164 

1,073 

1,091 

2,013 

_ 

_ 

1,901 

938 

963 

Ayer,  . 

2,779 

1,359 

1,420 

2,797 

1,427 

1,370 

2,386 

1,158 

1,228 

Barnstable, 

4,995 

2,499 

2,496 

4,676 

2,285 

2,391 

4,336 

2,094 

2,242 

Barre, 

3,476 

1,888 

1,588 

2,957 

1,546 

1,411 

2,558 

1,353 

1,205 

Becket. 

973 

519 

454 

959 

_ 

890 

467 

423 

Bedford,      . 

1,365 

693 

672 

1,231 

_ 

_ 

1,208 

611 

597 

Belchertown, 

2,062 

1,025 

1,037 

2,054 

_ 

_ 

2,088 

1,085 

1,003 

BeUingham, 

1,953 

999 

954 

1,696 

- 

- 

1,686 

828 

858 

Belmont,     . 

8,081 

3,767 

4,314 

5,542 

2,556 

2,986 

4,360 

2,030 

2,330 

Berkley,      . 

985 

510 

475 

999 

- 

_ 

931 

468 

463 

Berlin, 

865 

441 

424 

904 

_ 

_ 

906 

479 

427 

Bernardston, 

790 

408 

382 

741 

- 

_ 

769 

387 

382 

Beverly,  . 

22,959 

11,469 

11,490 

18,650 

9,509 

9,141 

15,223 

7,550 

7,673 

Billerica,     . 

3,246 

1,600 

1,646 

2,789 

1,351 

1,438 

2,843 

1,398 

1,445 

Blackstone,  "- 

5,689 

2,821 

2,868 

5,648 

2,796 

2,852 

5,786 

2,882 

2,904 

Blandford, 

623 

330 

293 

717 

_ 

_ 

746 

392 

354 

Bolton, 

768 

366 

402 

764 

_ 

_ 

762 

352 

410 

Boston,      . 

745,439 

369,434 

376,005 

670,585 

329,703 

340,882 

595,380 

290,309 

305,071 

Bourne, 

2,672 

1,420 

1,252 

2,474 

_ 

_ 

1,786 

906 

880 

Boxborough, 

326 

173 

153 

317 

- 

_ 

324 

174 

150 

Boxford,      . 

714 

350 

364 

718 

_ 

_ 

665 

309 

356 

Boylston,    . 

783 

406 

377 

714 

_ 

_ 

649 

340 

309 

Braintree,   . 

9,343 

4,583 

4,760 

8,066 

3,966 

4,100 

6,879 

3,324 

3,555 

Brewster,    . 

783 

375 

408 

631 

_ 

_ 

739 

345 

394 

Bridgewater, 

9,381 

6,060 

3,321 

7,688 

4,991 

2,697 

6,754 

4,215 

2,539 

Brimfield,   . 

934 

531 

403 

866 

_ 

894 

474 

420 

Brockton, 

62,288 

30,781 

31,507 

56,878 

28,293 

28,585 

47,794 

23,574 

24,220 

Brookfield, 

2,059 

994 

1,065 

2,204 

- 

- 

2,388 

1,194 

1,194 

Brookline,  . 

33,490 

13,254 

20,236 

27,792 

11,038 

16,754 

23,436 

9,606 

13,830 

Buckland,  . 

1,569 

811 

758 

1,573 

_ 

_ 

1,500 

748 

752 

Burlington, 

751 

397 

354 

591 

- 

- 

588 

324 

264 

Cambridge, 

108,822 

51,995 

56,827 

104,839 

50,161 

54,678 

97,434 

47,231 

50,203 

Canton, 

5,623 

2,731 

2,892 

4,797 

2,352 

2,445 

4,702 

2,266 

2,436 

Carlisle,      . 

490 

263 

227 

551 

_ 

_ 

523 

276 

247 

Carver, 

1,701 

930 

771 

1,663 

- 

_ 

1,410 

828 

582 

Charlemont, 

977 

524 

453 

1,001 

_ 

_ 

1,002 

530 

472 

Charlton,    . 

2,213 

1,163 

1,050 

2,032 

- 

_ 

2,089 

1,054 

1,035 

Chatham,   . 

1,667 

801 

866 

1,564 

" 

" 

1,634 

801 

833 

1  The  population  totals  for  1910  are  taken  from  the  report  of  the  United  States  census  for  that  year, 
which  does  not  give  a  classification  by  sex  for  towns  having  less  than  2,500  inhabitants. 

-  Includes  Millville,  which  was  not  set  off  as  a  separate  town  until  May  1,  1916.  Population  of  that 
part  of  Blackstone  known  as  "Millville"  April  1,  1915,  was  2,010. 


232 


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Table  69 

Population  of  M 

UXICIPALITIES   BY   i 

:5ex:   1915 

,  1910,  AND  1905. 

Cities  and 

Towns 

1915. 

1910.1 

1905. 

(Arranged  . 

alphabetically). 

Total. 

Males,  j 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Chelmsford, 

5,182 

2,537 

2,645 

5,010 

2,524 

2,486 

4,254 

2,175 

2,079 

Chelsea,  2 

43,426 

22,353 

21,073 

32,452 

16,709 

15,743 

37,289 

18,549 

18,740 

Cheshire,     . 

1,535 

822 

713 

1,508 

- 

-  1 

1,281 

662 

619 

Chester,       . 

1,344 

705 

639 

1,377 

- 

- 

1,366 

697 

669 

Chesterfield,        . 

559 

294 

265 

536 

- 

- 

563 

300 

263 

Chicopee, 

30,138 

15,296 

14,842 

25,401 

12,736 

12,665 

20,191 

10,090 

10,101 

Chilmark,  . 

288 

144 

144 

282 

- 

- 

322 

167 

155 

Clarksburg, 

1,114 

580 

534 

1,207 

- 

- 

1,200 

609 

591 

Clinton, 

13,192 

6,380 

6,812 

13,075 

6,185 

6,890 

13,105 

6,184 

6,921 

Cohasset,    . 

2,800 

1,391 

1,409 

2,585 

1,241 

1,344 

2,727 

1,271 

1,456 

Colrain, 

1,829 

949 

880 

1,741 

_ 

_ 

1,780 

906 

874 

Concord, 

6,681 

3,608 

3,073 

6,421 

3,509 

2,912 

5,421 

3,224 

2,197 

Conway,      . 

1,220 

626 

594 

1,230 

- 

- 

1,340 

686 

654 

Cummington, 

660 

339 

321 

637 

.    - 

- 

740 

374 

366 

Dalton, 

3,858 

1,795 

2,063 

3,568 

1,685 

1,883 

3,122 

1,403 

1,719 

Dana, 

712 

331 

381 

736 

_ 

_ 

763 

372 

391 

Dan  vers,     . 

11,177 

5,477 

5,700 

9,407 

4,578 

4,829 

9,063 

4,482 

4,581 

Dartmouth, 

5,330 

2,760 

2,570 

4,378 

2,256 

2,122 

3,793 

1,956 

1,837 

Dedham,     . 

11,043 

5,394 

5,649 

9,284 

4,504 

4,780 

7,774 

3,726 

4,048 

Deerfield,    . 

2,739 

1,491 

1,248 

2,209 

- 

- 

2,112 

1,089 

1,023 

Dennis, 

1,822 

845 

977 

1,919 

_ 

_ 

1,998 

886 

1,112 

Dighton,     . 

2,499 

1,298 

1,201 

2,235 

- 

- 

2,070 

1,094 

976 

Douglas,      . 

2,179 

1,119 

1,060 

2,152 

- 

- 

2,120 

1,072 

1,048 

Dover, 

999 

500 

499 

798 

- 

- 

636 

331 

305 

Dracut, 

4,022 

2,020 

2,002 

3,461 

1,755 

1,706 

3,537 

1,800 

1,737 

Dudley, 

4,373 

2,283 

2,090 

4,267 

2,196 

2,071 

3,818 

1,934 

1,884 

Dunstable, 

362 

190 

172 

408 

- 

- 

412 

209 

203 

Duxbury,   . 

1,921 

949 

972 

1,688 

- 

- 

2,028 

1,036 

992 

East  Bridgewater, 

3,689 

1,900 

1,789 

3,363 

1,689 

1,674 

3,169 

1,571 

1,598 

Eastham,    . 

545 

272 

273 

518 

- 

- 

519 

255 

264 

Easthampton,     . 

9,845 

4,744 

5,101 

8,524 

4,142 

4,382 

6,808 

3,217 

3,591 

East  Longmeadow 

1,939 

986 

953 

1,553 

- 

- 

1.327 

670 

657 

Easton, 

5,064 

2,496 

2,568 

5,139 

2,607 

2,532 

4,909 

2,458 

2,451 

Edgartown, 

1,276 

599 

677 

1,191 

- 

- 

1,175 

554 

621 

Egremont,  . 

599 

290 

309 

605 

- 

- 

721 

361 

360 

Enfield,       . 

806 

396 

410 

874 

_ 

_ 

973 

502 

471 

Erving, 

1,168 

613 

555 

1,148 

- 

- 

1,094 

568 

526 

Essex, 

1,677 

834 

843 

1,621 

- 

- 

1,790 

901 

889 

Everett,    . 

37,718 

18,387 

19,331 

33,484 

16,313 

17,171 

29,111 

14,170 

14,941 

Fair  haven. 

6,277 

2,990 

3,287 

5,122 

2,424 

2,698 

4,235 

1,988 

2,247 

Fall  Riveh, 

124,791 

60,319 

64,472 

119,295 

57,627 

61,668 

105,762 

50,387 

55,375 

Falmouth, 

3,917 

2,008 

1,909 

3,144 

1,575 

1,569 

3,241 

1,680 

1,561 

FiTCHBURG, 

39,656 

19,611 

20,045 

37,826 

18,764 

19,062 

33,021 

16,230 

16,791 

Florida, 

427 

256 

171 

395 

_ 

— 

424 

228 

196 

Fox borough. 

3,755 

1,913 

1,842 

3,863 

2,048 

1,815 

3,364 

1,673 

1,691 

Framingham, 

15,860 

7,791 

8,069 

12,948 

6,299 

6,649 

11,548 

5,411 

6,137 

Franklin,     . 

6,440 

3,292 

3,148 

5,641 

2,807 

2,834 

5,244 

2,587 

2,657 

Freetown,    . 

1,663 

860 

803 

1,471 

- 

- 

1,470 

727 

743 

Gardner, 

16,376 

8,545 

7,831 

14,699 

7,910 

6,789 

12,012 

6,324 

5,688 

Gay  Head, 

175 

95 

80 

162 

- 

- 

178 

97 

81 

Georgetown, 

2,058 

1,041 

1,017 

1,958 

_ 

_ 

1,840 

895 

945 

Gill,    . 

951 

500 

451 

942 

- 

- 

1,023 

640 

383 

GLOrCESTER,         . 

24,478 

12,455 

12,023 

24,398 

12,675 

11,723 

26,011 

13,601 

12,410 

Goshen, 

289 

169 

120 

279 

- 

- 

277 

151 

126 

Gosnold,     . 

155 

94 

61 

152 

- 

- 

161 

98 

63 

Grafton,      . 

6,250 

3,062 

3,188 

5,705 

2,779 

2,926 

5,052 

2,413 

2,639 

Granby,      . 

828 

462 

366 

761 

- 

- 

747 

410 

337 

Granville,   . 

784 

420 

364 

781 

- 

- 

865 

458 

407 

Great  Harrington 

6,627 

3,176 

3,451 

5,926 

2,820 

3,106 

6,152 

2,956 

3,196 

Greenfield, 

12,618 

6,349 

6,269 

10,427 

5,268 

5,159 

9,156 

1 

4,482 

4,674 

1  See  note  1  on  page  231 . 

-  Abnormal  decrease  between  1905  and  1910  due  to  conflagration  of  April  12,  U 


No.  1.] 


POPULATION  STATISTICS. 


233 


Table  69 

Population  of  Municipalities  by 

Sex:   1915,  1910,  and  1905. 

Cities  and 

Towns 

1915. 

1910.1 

1905. 

(Arranged 
alphabetically). 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Greenwich, 

426 

227 

199 

452 

475 

249 

226 

Groton, 

2,333 

1,096 

1,237 

2,155 

- 

- 

2,253 

1,110 

1,143 

Groveland, 

2,377 

1,128 

1,249 

2,253 

- 

- 

2,401 

1,145 

1,256 

Hadley,      . 

2,666 

1,463 

l,2p3 
^8 

1,999 

- 

- 

1,895 

1,038 

857 

Halifax,       . 

638 

380 

550 

- 

- 

494 

279 

215 

Hamilton,  . 

1,879 

946 

933 

1,749 

_ 

_ 

1,646 

830 

816 

Hampden, 

670 

355 

315 

645 

- 

- 

561 

279 

282 

Hancock,    . 

514 

278 

236 

465 

- 

_ 

434 

225 

209 

Hanover,     . 

2,666 

1,386 

1,280 

2,326 

- 

- 

2,176 

1,086 

1,090 

Hanson, 

1,796 

914 

882 

1,854 

- 

- 

1,490 

732 

758 

Hardwick, 

3,596 

1,805 

1,791 

3,524 

1,836 

1,688 

3,261 

1,659 

1,602 

Harvard,     . 

1,104 

538 

566 

1,034 

- 

- 

1,077 

520 

557 

Harwich,     . 

2,179 

1,039 

1,140 

2,115 

- 

- 

2,291 

1,079 

1,212 

Hatfield,      . 

2,6.30 

1,501 

1,129 

1,986 

- 

- 

1,779 

1,016 

763 

Haverhill, 

49,450 

24,059 

25,391 

44,115 

21,607 

22,508 

37,830 

18,025 

19,805 

Hawley, 

427 

253 

174 

424 

_ 

_ 

448 

243 

205 

Heath, 

383 

208 

175 

346 

- 

- 

356 

186 

170 

Hingham,  . 

5,264 

2,520 

2,744 

4,965 

2,289 

2,676 

4,819 

2,216 

2,603 

Hinsdale,    . 

1,257 

652 

605 

1,116 

- 

- 

1,452 

736 

716 

Holbrook,  . 

2,948 

1,417 

1,531 

2,816 

1,316 

1,500 

2,509 

1,194 

1,315 

Holden,       . 

2,514 

1,273 

1,241 

2,147 

- 

- 

2,640 

1,333 

1,307 

Holland,     . 

159 

81 

78 

145 

— 

— 

151 

79 

72 

Holliston,   . 

2,788 

1,352 

1,436 

2,711 

1,316 

1,.395 

2,663 

1,278 

1,385 

HOLYOKE,   . 

60,816 

29,359 

31,457 

57,730 

27,671 

.30,059 

49,934 

23,769 

26,165 

Hopedale,  . 

2,663 

1,368 

1,295 

2,188 

- 

- 

2,048 

1,088 

960 

Hopkinton, 

2,475 

1,188 

1,287 

2,452 

- 

- 

2,585 

1,282 

1,303 

Hubbardston,     . 

1,084 

555 

529 

1,073 

- 

- 

1,205 

637 

568 

Hudson, 

6,758 

3,360 

3,398 

6,743 

3,377 

3,366 

6,217 

3,046 

3,171 

Hull,  . 

2,290 

1,476 

814 

2,103 

- 

- 

2,060 

1,236 

824 

Huntington, 

1,427 

718 

709 

1,473 

- 

- 

1,451 

698 

753 

Hyde  Park,  2       . 

_ 

_ 

_ 

15,507 

7,744 

7,763 

14,510 

7,189 

7,321 

Ipswich, 

6,272 

3,136 

3,136 

5,777 

2,874 

2,903 

5,205 

2,525 

2,680 

Kingston,   . 

2.580 

1,265 

1,315 

2,445 

- 

- 

2,205 

1,086 

1,119 

Lakeville,   . 

1,491 

810 

681 

1,141 

- 

- 

912 

454 

458 

T, an  caster,  . 

2,585 

1,088 

1,497 

2,464 

- 

- 

2,406 

1,030 

1,376 

Lanesborough,    . 

1,089 

574 

515 

947 

- 

- 

845 

431 

414 

Lawrence, 

90,259 

44,702 

45,557 

85,892 

42,858 

43,034 

70,050 

34,064 

35,986 

Lee,     . 

4,481 

2,327 

2,154 

4,106 

2,076 

2,030 

3,972 

1,984 

1,988 

Leicester,    . 

3, .322 

1,604 

1.718 

3,237 

1,582 

1,655 

3,414 

1,676 

1,738 

Lenox, 

3,242 

1,656 

1,586 

3,060 

1,534 

1,526 

3,058 

1,581 

1,477 

Leominster,  3    . 

17,646 

8,681 

8,965 

17,580 

8,744 

8,836 

14,297 

7,052 

7,245 

Leverett,     . 

779 

413 

366 

728 

- 

- 

703 

349 

354 

Lexington, 

5,5.38 

2,656 

2,882 

4,918 

2,.338 

2,580 

4,530 

2,127 

2,403 

Ley den. 

344 

188 

156 

363 

- 

- 

408 

240 

168 

Lincoln, 

1,310 

671 

639 

1,175 

- 

1,122 

607 

515 

Littleton,    . 

1,228 

608 

620 

1,229 

_ 

_ 

1,219 

595 

624 

Longmeadow,     . 

1,782 

853 

929 

1,084 

- 

- 

964 

457 

507 

Lowell,     . 

107,978 

52,016 

55,962 

106,294 

51,525 

54,769 

94,889 

44,870 

50,019 

Ludlow, 

6,251 

3,018 

3,233 

4,948 

2,426 

2,522 

3,881 

1,873 

2,008 

Lunenburg, 

1,610 

788 

822 

1,393 

- 

- 

1,293 

656 

637 

Lynn, 

95,803 

47,049 

48,7.54 

89,336 

44,585 

44,751 

77,042 

38,126 

38,916 

Lynnfield,  . 

1,112 

534 

578 

911 

- 

- 

797 

395 

402 

Malden,     . 

48,907 

23,164 

25,743 

44,404 

20,927 

23,477 

38,037 

17,580 

20,457 

Manchester, 

2,945 

1,512 

1,433 

2,673 

1,426 

1,247 

2,618 

1,334 

1,284 

Mansfield,  . 

5,772 

2,911 

2,861 

5,183 

2,643 

2,540 

4,245 

2,078 

2,167 

Marblehead, 

7,606 

3,580 

4,026 

7,338 

3,446 

3,892 

7,209 

3,453 

3,756 

Marion, 

1,487 

775 

712 

1,460 

- 

- 

1,029 

513 

516 

Marlborough, 

15,250 

7,574 

7,676 

14,579 

7,181 

7,398 

14,073 

6,796 

7,277 

Marshfield, 

1,725 

854 

871 

1,738 

- 

- 

1,763 

874 

889 

Mashpee,     . 

263 

146 

117 

270 

" 

" 

317 

177 

140 

See  note  1  on  page  231 . 

Hyde  Park  annexed  to  Boston  in  1911. 


3  Leominster  made  a  city  Nov.  2,  1915, 


234         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


Table  69 

Population  of  Municipalities  by 

Sex:  1915,  1910,  and  1905. 

Cities  and 

Towns 

1915. 

1910.1 

1905. 

(Arranged 
alphabetically). 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Mattapoisett,      . 

1,352 

650 

702 

1,233 

_ 

- 

1,180 

573 

607 

Maynard,    . 

6,770 

3,583 

3,187 

6,390 

3,317 

3,073 

5.811 

3,180 

2,631 

Medfield,     . 

3,648 

1,562 

2,086 

3,466 

1,448 

2,018 

3,314 

1,365 

1,949 

Medford,  . 

30,509 

14,500 

16.009 

23,150 

10,877 

12,273 

19,686 

9,343 

10,343 

Medway,     . 

2,846 

1,378 

1,468 

2,696 

1,322 

1,374 

2,650 

1,317 

1,333 

Melrose,  . 

16,880 

7,753 

9,127 

15,715 

7,210 

8,505 

14,295 

6,493 

7,802 

Mendon,      . 

933 

468 

465 

880 

- 

922 

475 

447 

Merrimac,  . 

2,101 

990 

1,111 

2,202 

- 

- 

1,884 

908 

976 

Methuen,2 

14,007 

6,656 

7,351 

11,448 

5,493 

5,955 

8,676 

4,179 

4,497 

Middleborough, . 

8,631 

4,314 

4,317 

8,214 

4,124 

4,090 

6,888 

3,386 

3,502 

Middlefield, 

325 

175 

150 

354 

_ 

_ 

399 

230 

169 

Middleton, 

1,308 

545 

763 

1,129 

- 

- 

1,068 

439 

629 

Milford,       . 

13,684 

6,898 

6,786 

13,055 

6,745 

6,310 

12,105 

6,293 

5,812 

Millbury,    . 

5,295 

2,600 

2,695 

4,740 

2,359 

2,381 

4,631 

2,300 

2,331 

Millis, 

1,442 

756 

686 

1,399 

- 

- 

1,252 

625 

627 

Millville,     . 

2,010 

_ 

_ 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Milton, 

8,600 

3,808 

4,792 

7,924 

3,533 

4,391 

7,054 

3,212 

3,842 

Monroe, 

296 

202 

94 

246 

- 

- 

269 

170 

99 

Monson, 

5,004 

2,394 

2,610 

4,758 

2,327 

2,431 

4,344 

2,087 

2,257 

Montague,  . 

7,925 

4,095 

3,830 

6,866 

3,492 

3,374 

7,015 

3,668 

3,347 

Monterey,  . 

358 

209 

149 

388 

- 

_ 

444 

239 

205 

Montgomery, 

230 

125 

105 

217 

- 

- 

259 

147 

112 

Mount  Washing- 

ton, 

95 

44 

51 

110 

— 

— 

87 

44 

43 

Nahant, 

1,387 

689 

698 

1,184 

- 

- 

922 

470 

452 

Nantucket, 

3,166 

1,521 

1,645 

2,962 

1,361 

1,601 

2,930 

1,295 

1,635 

Natick, 

11,119 

5,547 

5,572 

9,866 

4,773 

5,093 

9,609 

4,559 

5,050 

Keedham,  . 

6,542 

3,116 

3,426 

5,026 

2,372 

2,654 

4,284 

2,024 

2,260 

New  Ashford,     . 

92 

48 

44 

92 

- 

- 

100 

55 

45 

New  Bedford, 

109,568 

53,167 

56,401 

96,652 

47,731 

48,921 

74,362 

35,731 

38,631 

New  Braintree,  . 

453 

260 

193 

464 

- 

- 

477 

265 

212 

Newbury,  . 

1,590 

805 

785 

1,482 

- 

- 

1,480 

762 

718 

NEWBrRYPORT, 

15,311 

7,283 

8,028 

14,949 

7,032 

7,917 

14,675 

6,882 

7,793 

New  Marlborough 

1,030 

535 

495 

1,124 

- 

- 

1,209 

626 

583 

New  vSalem, 

625 

299 

326 

639 

- 

- 

672 

328 

344 

Newton,   . 

43,113 

19,378 

23,735 

39,806 

17,801 

22,005 

36,827 

16,169 

20,658 

Norfolk,      . 

1,268 

726 

542 

960 

- 

_ 

1,089 

595 

494 

North  Adams,  . 

22,035 

10,558 

11,477 

22,019 

10,620 

11,399 

22,150 

10.649 

11.501 

Northampton,  . 

21,654 

10,132 

11,522 

19,431 

9,094 

10,337 

19,957 

8.736 

11,221 

North   Andover, 

5,956 

2,882 

3,074 

5,529 

2,701 

2,828 

4,614 

2,256 

2,358 

North  A  1 1 1  e- 

borough. 

9,398 

4,529 

4,869 

9,562 

4,783 

4,779 

7,878 

3,755 

4,123 

Northborough,   . 

1,797 

899 

898 

1,713 

- 

- 

1,947 

958 

989 

Northbridge, 

9,254 

4.936 

4,318 

8,807 

4,706 

4,101 

7,400 

3,810 

3,590 

North  Brookfield, 

2,947 

1,385 

1,562 

3,075 

1,452 

1,623 

2,617 

1,206 

1,411 

Northfield, 

1,782 

840 

942 

1,642 

- 

- 

2,017 

773 

1,244 

North  Reading,  . 

1,292 

642 

650 

1,059 

- 

- 

903 

460 

443 

Norton, 

2,587 

1,319 

1,268 

2,544 

1,311 

1,233 

2,079 

957 

1.122 

Norwell, 

1,563 

781 

782 

1,410 

- 

- 

1,534 

749 

785 

Norwood,    . 

10,977 

5,739 

5,238 

8,014 

4,129 

3,885 

6.731 

3,422 

3,309 

Oak  Bluffs, 

1,245 

599 

646 

1,084 

- 

- 

1,138 

546 

592 

Oakham,     . 

527 

272 

255 

552 

- 

- 

519 

264 

255 

Orange, 

5,379 

2,593 

2,786 

5,282 

2,561 

2,721 

5,578 

2,740 

2,838 

Orleans, 

1,166 

565 

601 

1,077 

- 

- 

1,052 

509 

543 

Otis,    . 

442 

231 

211 

494 

- 

- 

534 

300 

234 

Oxford, 

3,476 

1,760 

1,716 

3,361 

1,638 

1,723 

2,927 

1,409 

1,518 

Palmer, 

9,468 

4,700 

4,768 

8,610 

4,312 

•  4,298 

7,755 

3,807 

3,948 

Paxton, 

471 

260 

211 

416 

_ 

_ 

444 

240 

204 

Peabodt,' 

18,625 

10,272 

8,353 

15,721 

8,618 

7,103 

13,098 

6,800 

6,298 

Pelham, 

499 

265 

234 

467 

- 

- 

460 

245 

215 

Pembroke, 

1,337 

700 

637 

1,336 

- 

- 

1,261 

654 

607 

Pepperell,  . 

2,839 

1,409 

1,430 

2,953 

1,492 

1,461 

3,268 

1,634 

1,634 

1  See  note  1  on  page  231 . 

2  Methuen  made  a  city  by  chapter  289,  Special  Acts  of  1917,  accepted  by  the  town  Nov. 

3  Peabody  made  a  city  Jan.  1,  1917. 


1917. 


No.  1.] 


POPULATION  STATISTICS. 


235 


Table  69 

Population  of  Municipalities  by 

Sex:   1915,  1910,  and  1905. 

Cities  and 

Towns 

1915. 

1910.1 

1905. 

(Arranged 
alphabetically). 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Peru,  . 

195 

109 

86 

237 

_ 

268 

129 

139 

Petersham, 

727 

356 

371 

757 

- 

- 

855 

420 

435 

Phillipston, 

390 

200 

190 

426 

- 

- 

442 

222 

220 

PiTTSFIELD, 

39,607 

19,316 

20,291 

32,121 

16,130 

15,991 

25,001 

12,075 

12.926 

Plainfield,  . 

375 

188 

187 

406 

- 

- 

382 

202 

180 

Plainville,  . 

1.408 

691 

717 

1,385 

_ 

_ 

1,300 

632 

668 

Plymouth, 

12,926 

6,430 

6,496 

12,141 

6,061 

6,080 

11,119 

5,602 

5,517 

Plympton, 

599 

310 

289 

561 

- 

514 

256 

258 

Prescott.      . 

299 

144 

155 

320 

- 

_ 

322 

168 

154 

Princeton,  . 

800 

409 

391 

818 

- 

- 

907 

467 

440 

Pro\'incetown,    . 

4,295 

2,129 

2,166 

4,369 

2,196 

2,173 

4,362 

2,190 

2,172 

QUINCY,        . 

40,674 

20,686 

19.988 

32,642 

16,454 

16.188 

28,076 

14,422 

13,654 

Randolph, 

4,734 

2,342 

2.392 

4,301 

2,091 

2,210 

4,034 

1,987 

2,047 

Raynham, 

1.810 

953 

857 

1,725 

_ 

_ 

1,662 

894 

768 

Reading,     . 

6,805 

3,246 

3,559 

5,818 

2,770 

3,048 

5,682 

2,674 

3,008 

Rehoboth, 

2,228 

1,177 

1,051 

2,001 

_ 

_ 

1,991 

1,047 

944 

Revere,     . 

25,178 

12,391 

12,787 

18,219 

8,984 

9,235 

12,659 

6,222 

6,437 

Richmond, 

564 

315 

249 

650 

- 

- 

601 

328 

273 

Rochester, 

1,160 

583 

577 

1,090 

- 

- 

1,181 

690 

•      491 

Rockland,  . 

7,074 

3,450 

3,624 

6,928 

3,438 

3,490 

6,287 

3,127 

3,160 

Rockport,  . 

4,351 

2,167 

2,184 

4,211 

2,103 

2,108 

4,447 

2,295 

2,152 

Rowe. 

424 

239 

185 

456 

- 

_ 

533 

-316 

217 

Rowley,      . 

1,481 

737 

744 

1,368 

- 

_ 

1,388 

718 

670 

Royalston, 

862 

456 

406 

792 

- 

- 

903 

472 

431 

Russell, 

1,104 

567 

537 

965 

- 

- 

1,053 

614 

439 

Rutland,     . 

1.895 

1.083 

812 

1,743 

_ 

_ 

1,713 

955 

758 

Salem, 2 

37,200 

18,295 

18,905 

43,697 

21,291 

22,406 

37,627 

17,839 

19,788 

Salisbury.  . 

1,717 

918 

799 

1,658 

- 

_ 

1,622 

827 

795 

Sandisfield, 

564 

301 

263 

566 

_ 

_ 

657 

340 

317 

Sandwich,  . 

1,500 

745 

755 

1,688 

- 

- 

1,433 

653 

780 

Saugus, 

10.226 

5,018 

5,208 

8,047 

3,965 

4,082 

6,253 

3,057 

3,196 

Savoy, 

524 

276 

248 

503 

— 

_ 

549 

290 

259 

Scituate,     . 

2.661 

1.313 

1.348 

2,482 

- 

- 

2,597 

1.293 

1,304 

Seekonk,     . 

2.767 

1.433 

1.334 

2,397 

_ 

_ 

1,917 

1,014 

903 

Sharon, 

2,468 

1,175 

1,293 

2,310 

_ 

- 

2,085 

961 

1,124 

Sheffield,     . 

1,862 

967 

895 

1,817 

_ 

_ 

1,782 

928 

854 

Shelburne, 

1,484 

694 

790 

1,498 

- 

_ 

1,515 

714 

801 

Sherborn,    . 

1.696 

654 

1.042 

1,428 

- 

- 

1,379 

587 

792 

Shirley, 

2,251 

1.227 

1,024 

2.139 

- 

- 

1,692 

801 

891 

Shrewsbury, 

2,794 

1.333 

1,461 

1,946 

- 

- 

1,866 

967 

899 

Shutesbury, 

292 

152 

140 

267 

_ 

_ 

374 

193 

181 

Somerset,    . 

3,377 

1,653 

1,724 

2,798 

1,387 

1,411 

2,294 

1,146 

1,148 

SOMERVILLE, 

86.854 

40,982 

45,872 

77,236 

36,628 

40,608 

69,272 

32,758 

36,514 

Southampton,     . 

950 

486 

464 

870 

927 

470 

457 

Southborough,    . 

1,898 

913 

985 

1,745 

- 

- 

1,931 

1,029 

902 

Southbridge, 

14,217 

7,341 

6,876 

12,592 

6,484 

6,108 

11,000 

5,450 

5,550 

South  Hadley,    . 

5,179 

2,464 

2,715 

4,894 

2,332 

2,562 

5,054 

2,140 

2,914 

South  wick. 

1,365 

757 

608 

1,020 

_ 

1,048 

560 

488 

Spencer, 

5,994 

2,910 

3.084 

6,740 

3,306 

3,434 

7,121 

3.562 

3,559 

Springfield,      . 

102,971 

49,791 

53.180 

88,926 

43,221 

45,705 

73,540 

35,338 

38,202 

Sterling, 

1,403 

744 

659 

1,359 

_ 

_ 

1.315 

669 

646 

Stockbridge, 

1.901 

918 

983 

1,933 

- 

- 

2,022 

941 

1,081 

Stoneham, 

7.489 

3,592 

3,897 

7,090 

3,471 

3,619 

6,332 

3,035 

3,297 

Stoughton, 

6.982 

3,449 

3,533 

6,316 

3,099 

3,217 

5,959 

2,896 

3,063 

Stow, 

1,127 

563 

564 

1,115 

1,027 

508 

519 

Sturbridge, 

1,618 

771 

847 

1,957 

_ 

_ 

1,974 

998 

976 

Sudbury,    . 

1.206 

604 

602 

1,120 

- 

- 

1,159 

634 

525 

Sunderland, 

1,278 

697 

581 

1,047 

- 

- 

910 

511 

399 

Sutton, 

2,829 

1,491 

1.338 

3,078 

1,692 

1,386 

3.173 

1,625 

1,548 

Swampscott, 

7,345 

3,494 

3,851 

6,204 

2,998 

3,206 

5,141 

2,436 

2,705 

1  See  note  1  on  page  231 . 

2  Abnormal  decrease  between  1910  and  1915  due  to  conflagration  of  June  25,  1914. 


236  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.  [P.D.Xo.  1, 


See  note  1  on  page  231 . 


APPENDIX 


International  Classification  of  Causes  of  Death 

1.  Detailed  International  List 

2.  Abridged  International  List 


Appendix. 


INTEENATIONAL  CLASSIFICATION  OF  CAUSES  OF  DEATH/ 

There  are  two  separate  and  distinct  classifications  of  causes  of 
death  embodied  in  the  International  List  of  Causes  of  Death:  these 
are  the  detailed  and  abridged  International  Lists.  The  former,  as 
indicated  by  its  name,  presents  causes  of  death  in  greater  detail  than 
does  the  latter;  that  is,  it  shows  separately  certain  diseases  which 
in  the  abridged  list  are  grouped  together  for  presentation.  The  ma- 
jority of  the  titles  of  the  abridged  list  are  therefore  consolidations  of 
certain  titles  of  the  detailed  list.  The  shorter  list  is  used  as  a  basis 
for  certain  tables  in  this  volume  for  which  it  is  either  unnecessary 
or  impracticable  to  present  data  for  each  disease  and  cause  of  death 
shown  in  the  detailed  list. 

The  distinction  between  these  lists  should  always  be  considered 
when  using  the  tables  of  these  reports.  There  are  several  cases  in 
which  the  title  headings  in  the  two  lists  are  identical,  but  the  causes 
included  are  widely  at  variance.  As  an  example  of  this  the  title 
''Other  epidemic  diseases"  of  the  detailed  list  (title  No.  19)  includes 
only  such  epidemic  maladies  as  are  not  classified  separately  in  titles 
1  to  18  of  that  list;  but  "Other  epidemic  diseases"  of  the  abridged 
list  includes  titles  3,  11,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  and  19  of  the  detailed  list. 
These  identical  expressions,  it  will  be  noted,  have  two  different  and 
distinct  meanings.  In  the  abridged  list  "Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs" 
(title  Xo.  13)  includes  not  only  tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  of  the 
detailed  list  (title  Xo.  28)  but  also  acute  miliary  tuberculosis  (title 
Xo.  29). 

An  asterisk  (*)  denotes  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  Section  on  Vital  Statistics  of  the  American  Public 
Health  Association,  the  titles  are  acceptable  statements  of  causes  of 
death  without  autopsy. 

1  This  second  decennial  revision  of  the  International  Classification  of  Causes  of  Death  made  at  Paris 
July  1  to  3,  1909,  was  designed  for  use  during  the  present  decade.  The  next  revision  will  be  made  in  1920 
for  use  in  the  twenties.  The  causes  of  death  as  given  in  the  second  revision  number  189,  compared  with 
179  in  the  first  classification. 


240         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


The  following  table  shows  each  title  of  the  Detailed  International 
List :  — 

1.     Detailed  International  List. 


I.     General  Diseases. 

I.     General  Diseases  —  Co7i. 

1.  Typhoid  fever.* 

22. 

Anthrax.  6 

2.  Typhus  fever.* 

23. 

Rabies.  ^ 

3.  Relap.sing  fever,  i 

24. 

Tetanus.  8 

4.  Malaria.  2 

25. 

Mycoses.  9 

5.  Smallpox.* 

26. 

Pellagra.* 

6.  Measles.* 

27. 

Beriberi.* 

7.  Scarlet  fever.* 

28. 

Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs.* 

8.  Whooping  cough.* 

29. 

Acute  miliary  tuberculosis,  i^ 

9.  Diphtheria  and  croup.  * 

30. 

Tuberculous  meningitis.  1 1 

10.  Influenza. 

31. 

Abdominal  tuberculosis.  1 2 

11.  Miliary  fever. 

32. 

Pott's  disease.* 

12.  Asiatic  cholera.* 

33. 

White  swellings.* 

13.  Cholera  nostras. 

34. 

Tuberculosis  of  other  organs.  1 3 

14.  Dysentery.  3 

35. 

Disseminated  tuberculosis.* 

15.  Plague.* 

36. 

Rickets.* 

16.  Yellow  fever.* 

37. 

Syphilis,  i  * 

17.  Leprosy.* 

38. 

Gonococcus  infection,  i  s 

18.  Erysipelas.*     , 

39. 

Cancer  of  the  buccal  cavity.* 

19.  Other  epidemic  diseases. 

40. 

Cancer  of  the  stomach,  liver.  1 6 

20.  Purulent  infection  and  septicemia.  < 

41. 

Cancer   of   the   peritoneum,   intestines,   rec- 

21. Glanders.  3 

tum,  is 

1  This  statement  is  a  reliable  one,  without  autopsy,  only  when  the  statement  of  the  cause  of  death 
is  accompanied  or  supported  by  a  record  of  the  finding  of  the  etiological  factor;  that  is,  the  spirillum 
(spirochaetal)  obermeieri,  before  death. 

2  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  the  supporting  statement  that  the  etiological 
factor,  the  Plasmodium  malariae,  was  found  in  the  blood  before  death  or  at  autopsy. 

3  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  unless  the  specific  cause  of  infection  has  been  identified. 
*  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  if  there  is  an  accompanying  statement  of  the  site  and  nature 

of  the  original  infection. 

5  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  there  is  an  accompanying 
record  of  the  finding  of  the  etiological  factor;   i.e.,  the  bacillus  mallei. 

^  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  or  without  determination  of  the 
etiological  factor;   i.e.,  the  bacillus  anthracis. 

^  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  unless  verified  by  autopsy,  or  proof  that  the  infecting 
bite  was  by  a  proved  rabid  animal. 

8  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  when  it  is  accompanied  by  information 
as  to  date,  site,  nature,  and  means  of  injury. 

9  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  only  when  lesion  is  accessible  to  direct 
examination,  or  the  etiological  factor  has  been  identified  in  the  discharges  before  death. 

1"  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  tubercles  have  been  found  in 
some  accessible  part  of  the  body  {e.g.,  the  retina)  during  life. 

11  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  for  children  under  10  years  of  age,  but 
not  for  decedents  of  older  groups,  unless  there  is  confirmatory  bacteriological  proof  of  the  presence  of 
the  tubercle  bacillus  in  the  spinal  fluid. 

12  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  proof  of  an  abdominal  opera- 
tion or  recovery  of  tubercle  bacillus  from  the  abdominal  fluid  is  presented. 

13  Statements  of  cause  of  death  which  relate  to  organs  or  parts  of  the  body  which  are  accessible  to 
direct  vision  are  reliable  without  autopsy. 

1*  Not  reliable  as  a  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  diagnosis  was  based  on 
lesions  superficially  situated  or  visible  through  body  orifices,  or  confirmed  by  unquestioned  specific  test. 
A  statement  of  the  site,  extent,  and  character  of  the  lesion  should  be  given. 

15  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  a  gonococcic  lesion  has  been 
demonstrated  by  the  recovery  of  the  gonococcus  from  the  site  of  the  lesion,  or  by  a  specific  serum  re- 
action, and  unless  the  lesion  was  an  adequate  cause  of  death. 

16  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  an  operation  was  performed 
or  the  neoplasm  was  otherwise  visible  or  accessible  for  direct  observation. 


No.  l.i 


APPENDIX. 


241 


1.     Detailed  International  List  —  Continued. 


I.     General  Diseases 


Con. 


not 


42.  Cancer  of  the  female  genital  organs,  i 

43.  Cancer  of  the  breast.* 

44.  Cancer  of  the  skin.* 

45.  Cancer    of    other    organs    or    of    organs 

specified,  i 

46.  Other  tumors  (tumors  of  the  female  genital 

organs  excepted) .  - 

47.  Acute  articular  rheumatism.* 

48.  Chronic  rheumatism  and  gout. 


Scurvy.* 
Diabetes.* 

Exophthalmic  goiter. 
Addison's  disease.* 
Leukemia.  3 

54.  Anemia,  chlorosis.  2 

55.  Other  general  diseases. 

56.  Alcoholism  (acute  oi  chronic).* 

57.  Chronic  lead  poisoning.  * 

58.  Other  chronic  occupation  poisonings.  5 

59.  Other  chronic  poisonings.  6 


II. 


Diseases  of  the  Nervous  System  and  of 
THE  Organs  of  Special  Sense. 


60.  Encephalitis. 

61.  Meningitis. 

(a)   Simple  meningitis. 

(6)   Cerebrospinal  meningitis  (undefined). 

(c)    Cerebrospinal  fever. 

62.  Locomotor  ataxia.* 

63.  Other  diseases  of  the  spinal  cord. 

(a)  Acute  anterior  poliomyelitis.* 
(6)   Other  diseases  of  the  spinal  cord. 

64.  Cerebral  hemorrhage,  apoplexy.* 
65;  Softening  of  the  brain. 

66.  Paralysis  without  specified  cause. 

67.  General  paralysis  of  the  insane.* 

68.  Other  forms  of  mental  alienation. 


II 


Diseases  of  the  Nervous  System  .\nd  of 

THE  Organs  of  Special  Sense  —  Con. 

Epilepsy.  ^ 

Convulsions  (nonpuerperal). 

Convulsions  of  infants. 

Chorea.* 

Neuralgia  and  neuritis. 
74.  Other  diseases  of  the  nervous  system. 
75.'  Diseases  of  the  eyes  and  their  adnexa.* 

76.  Diseases  of  the  ears.* 

III.     Diseases   of   the   Circulatory    System. 

77.  Pericarditis,  s 

78.  Acute  endocarditis.* 

79.  Organic  diseases  of  the  heart.* 

80.  Angina  pectoris.* 

81.  Diseases  of  the  arteries,  atheroma,  aneurism, 

etc. 

82.  Embolism  and  thrombosis.* 

83.  Diseases  of  the  veins  (varices,  hemorrhoids, 

phlebitis,  etc.).  ^ 

84.  Diseases  of  the  lymphatic  system  (lymphan- 

gitis, etc.).* 

85.  Hemorrhage;    other  diseases  of  the  circula- 

tory system.* 

IV.     Diseases  of  the  Respiratory  System. 

86.  Diseases  of  the  nasal  fossse.* 

87.  Diseases  of  the  larynx.* 

88.  Diseases  of  the  thyroid  body.* 

89.  Acute  bronchitis. 

90.  Chronic  bronchitis.* 
9L  Broncho  pneumonia.* 

92.  Pneumonia. 

(o)   Lobar  pneumonia. 

(b)   Pneumonia  (undefined). 

93.  Pleurisy.* 


1  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  an  operation  was  performed 
or  the  neoplasm  was  otherwise  visible  or  accessible  for  direct  observation. 

2  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  an  operation  was  performed. 

3  Not  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  unless  verified  by  confirmatory  blood  examination. 

*  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  if  there  appears  a  statement  of  an  occupa- 
tion in  which  decedent  would  be  subject  to  lead  poisoning,  or  if  the  source  of  the  poisoning  is  specified 
and  complications  accompanying,  sufficient  to  cause  death,  are  described. 

5  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  07ily  in  cases  where  the  occupation  or 
source  of  poison  is  specified  and  it  is  indicated  that  the  poison  was  absorbed  as  a  result  of  occupation; 
or  the  characteristic  lesions  are  superficially  located  or  accessible  to  direct  inspection;  or  there  is  chemical 
or  microscopic  proof  of  the  presence  of  poison  within  the  body. 

s  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  only  when  the  source  of  the  poison  is 
specified,  or  when  there  is  chemical  or  microscopic  proof  of  the  presence  of  the  poison  within  the  body. 

^  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  death  occurred  in  an  epileptic 
attack  and  was  witnessed,  and  there  was  a  previous  history  of  epilepsy. 

s  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  unless  accompanied  by  a  statement 
of  primary  cause  or  of  the  character  of  exudate  obtained  by  paracentesis. 

9  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  if  there  is  an  accompanying  statement 
of  the  site  of  the  lesion  or  name  of  the  vessel  or  vessels  involved. 


242         MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.     [P.  D. 


1.     Detailed  International  List  —  Continued. 


IV.     Diseases    of    the    Respiratory    System 
—  Con. 

94.  Pulmonary     congestion,     pulmonary     apo- 

plexy. 1 

95.  Gangrene  of  the  lung.* 

96.  Asthma. 

97.  Pulmonary  emphysema.* 

98.  Other    diseases    of    the    respiratory    system 

(tuberculosis  excepted). 


V 

99. 
100. 
101. 
102. 
103. 

104. 
105. 
106. 
107. 
108. 
109. 


110. 
111. 
112. 
113. 
114. 
115. 
116. 
117. 

lis. 


Diseases  of  the  Digestive  System. 
Diseases  of  the  mouth  and  adnexa.* 
Diseases  of  the  pharynx.* 
Diseases  of  the  esophagus.* 
Ulcer  of  the  stomach. 

Other  diseases  of  the  stomach   (cancer  ex- 
cepted). 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years).* 
Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (2  years  and  over) . 
Ankylostomiasis.  2 
Intestinal  parasites.  ' 
Appendicitis  and  typhlitis. 
Hernia  and  intestinal  obstruction. 

(u)  Hernia.  ^ 

(fe)    Intestinal  obstruction.  ^ 
Other  diseases  of  the  intestines. 
Acute  yellow  atrophy  of  the  liver.* 
Hydatid  tumor  of  the  liver. 
Cirrhosis  of  the  liver.* 
Biliary  calculi.* 
Other  diseases  of  the  liver. 
Diseases  of  the  spleen. 
Simple  peritonitis  (nonpuerperal). 
Other  diseases  of  the  digestive  system  (can- 
cer and  tuberculosis  excepted). 


VI.     Xoxvenekeal  Diseases  of  the  Genito- 
URiXARY  System  and  Adxexa. 

119.  Acute  nephritis. 

120.  Bright's  disease.* 

121.  Chyluria.* 

122.  Other  diseases  of  the  kidneys  and  adnexa. 

123.  Calculi  of  the  urinary  passages.* 


VI.     Xoxvexere.\l  Diseases  of  the  Gexito- 
URiXARY  Sy.stem  .A.XD  Adxexa  —  Con. 

124.  Diseases  of  the  bladder.* 

125.  Diseases  of  the  urethra,  urinary  abscess,  etc.* 

126.  Diseases  of  the  prostate.* 

127.  Nonvenereal   diseases   of   the   male   genital 

organs.* 

128.  Uterine  hemorrhage  (nonpuerperal). 

129.  Uterine  tumor  (noncancerous).* 

130.  Other  diseases  of  the  uterus.* 

131.  Cj^sts  and  other  tumors  of  the  ovary. 

132.  Salpingitis  and  other  diseases  of  the  female 

genital  organs. 

133.  Nonpuerperal  diseases  of  the  breast  (cancer 

excepted).* 

VII.     The  Puerperal  State.* 

134.  Accidents  of  pregnancy.* 

135.  Puerperal  hemorrhage.* 

136.  Other  accidents  of  labor.* 

137.  Puerperal  septicemia.* 

138.  Puerperal  albuminuria  and  convulsions.* 

139.  Puerperal  phlegmasia  alba  dolens,  embolus, 

sudden  death.* 

140.  Following     childbirth     (not    otherwise     de- 

fined).* 

141.  Puerperal  diseases  of  the  breast.* 

VIII.     Diseases  of  the  Skin  axd  of  the  Cel- 
lular Tissue. 

142.  Gangrene.  ^ 

143.  Furuncle.  ^ 

144.  Acute  abscess.  ^ 

145.  Other  diseases  of  the  skin  and  adnexa.* 


IX. 


146. 


147. 


148. 
149. 


Diseases    of    the    Boxes    axd    of    the 

Organs  of  Locomotiox. 
Diseases    of    the    bones    (tuberculosis    ex- 
cepted).* 
Diseases    of    the    joints    (tuberculosis    and 
rheumatism  excepted).* 
Amputations. 
Other  diseases  of  the  organs  of  locomotion. 


1  Pulmonary  congestion  is  considered  a  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy, 
onlj'  when  the  cause  is  specified;  as,  for  example,  accidental  inhalation  of  irritating  fumes,  or  accompany- 
ing lesions  which  are  known  to  lead  to  congestion  of  the  lungs. 

-  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  provided  the  infectious  parasite  ankylos- 
toma  duodenale  or  its  ova  have  been  demonstrated. 

3  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  only  with  the  demonstration  of  the  para- 
site or  its  ova  in  the  tissues  or  discharges. 

^  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  if  the  hernia  is  external,  or  is  exposed  on  operation  or  autopsy, 
when  internal;  also,  when  conditions  adequate  to  cause  of  death,  together  with  type  and  location  of 
hernia,  are  specified. 

5  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  unless  the  obstruction  is  demonstrated  on  autopsy, 
or  operation,  or  is  accessible  by  examination  through  the  body  orifices. 

«  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  if  there  is  an  accompanying  statement  of 
the  site  and  nature  of  the  original  infection. 


No.  1.] 


APPENDIX. 


243 


1.     Detailed  Ixterxatioxal  List  —  Concluded. 


X.     Malformations.* 

150.  Congenital    malformations    (stillbirths    not 

included).* 
(a)  Hydrocephalus.* 
Qj)   Congenital     malformations     of      the 

heart.* 
(c)    Other  congenital  malformations.* 

XI.     Early  Infancy. 

151.  Congenital  debility,  icterus  and  sclerema. 

(a)  Premature  birth.* 

(6)    Congenital  debility,  "atrophy,"  "ma- 
rasmus," etc. 

152.  Other  causes  peculiar  to  early  infancy. 

(a)   Injuries  at  birth.* 

(6)   Other  causes  peculiar  to  early  infancy. 

153.  Lack  of  care.* 


XII.     Old  Age. 


154.  Senility, 


XIII.     External  Causes. 

155.  Suicide  by  poison,  i 

156.  Suicide  by  asphyxia.  ^ 

157.  Suicide  by  hanging  or  .strangulation.* 
1.58.  Suicide  by  drowning.* 

159.  Suicide  by  firearms.* 

160.  Suicide  by  cutting  or  piercing  instruments. 

161.  Suicide  by  jumping  from  high  places.* 

162.  Suicide  by  crushing.* 

163.  Other  suicides.* 
16-i.  Poisoning  by  food.  ^ 

165.  Other  acute  poisonings. 

166.  Conflagration.* 

167.  Burns  (conflagration  excepted).* 


XIII.     External  Causes  —  Con. 

168.  Absorption  of  deleterious  gases  (conflagra- 

tion excepted).* 

169.  Accidental  drowning.* 

170.  Traumatism  by  firearms.  ^ 

171.  Traumatism  by  cutting  or  piercing  instru- 

ments. ^ 

172.  Traumatism  by  fall.* 

173.  Traumatism  in  mines  and  quarries.* 

(a)  Traumatism  in  mines.* 
(6)   Traumatism  in  quarries.* 

174.  Traumatism  by  machines.* 

175.  Traumatism  by  other  crushing.* 

(a)   Railroad  accidents  and  injuries.* 
(6)   Street-car  accidents  and  injuries.* 

(c)  Automobile  accidents  and  injuries.* 

(d)  Injuries  by  other  vehicles.* 

(e)  Landslide  and  other  crushing.* 

176.  Injuries  by  animals.* 

177.  Starvation.* 

178.  Exce-ssive  cold.* 

179.  Effects  of  heat.* 

180.  Lightning.* 

181.  Electricity  (lightning  excepted).* 

182.  Homicide  by  firearms.* 

183.  Homicide    by    cutting    or    piercing    instru- 

ments.* 

184.  Homicide  by  other  means.* 

185.  Fractures  (cause  not  specified). 

186.  Other  external  violence. 

XIV.     Ill-defined  Diseases. 

187.  Ill-defined  organic  disease. 

188.  Sudden  death. 

189.  Not  specified  or  ill-defined. 

(a)   Ill-defined. 

(6)    Not  specified  or  unknown. 


1  A  reliable  statement  of  cause  of  death,  without  autopsy,  if  the  character  of  the  solid  or  liquid  is 
specified. 

-  A  reliable  statement  of  cau.se  of  death,  without  autopsy,  if  the  character  of  the  gas  is  specified. 

3  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  supporting  data  as  to  a  group  of  accompanying 
cases  or  the  ingestion  of  the  particular  poisonous  substances. 

*  An  unreliable  statement  of  cause  of  death  without  supporting  data,  such  as  site  and  extent  of 
injury. 


244  MASSACHUSETTS  VITAL  STATISTICS  —  1919.  [P.D.No.  1. 


2.     Abridged  International  List. 
The  following  table  shows  each  title  of  the  Abridged  International 
List.     The  numbers  of  the  titles  of  the  Detailed  International  List 
included  in  each  title  of  the  abridged  list  appear  in  parentheses. 

Abridged 
Int.  List 
Number  Cause  of  Death. 

1.  Typhoid  fever  (1).* 

2.  Typhus  fever  (2).* 

3.  Malaria  (4). 

4.  Smallpox  (5).* 

5.  Measles  (6).* 

6.  Scarlet  fever  (7).* 

7.  Whooping  cough  (8).* 

8.  Diphtheria  and  croup  (9).* 

9.  Influenza  (10). 

10.  Asiatic  cholera  (12).* 

11.  Cholera  nostras  (13). 

12.  Other  epidemic  diseases  (3,  11,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19). 

13.  Tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  (28,  29). 

14.  Tuberculous  meningitis  (30). 

15.  Other  forms  of  tuberculosis  (31,  32,  33,  34,  35). 

IG.  Cancer  and  other  malignant  tumors  (39,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45). 

17.  Simple  meningitis  (61). 

18.  Cerebral  hemorrhage  and  softening  (64,  65). 

19.  Organic  diseases  of  the  heart  (79).* 

20.  Acute  bronchitis  (89) . 

21.  Chronic  bronchitis  (90).* 

22.  Pneumonia  (92). 

23.  Other  diseases  of  the  respiratory  system  (tuberculosis  excepted)  (86,  87,  88,  91,  93,  94,  95,  96, 

97,  98). 

24.  Diseases  of  the  stomach  (cancer  excepted)  (102,  103). 

25.  Diarrhea  and  enteritis  (under  2  years)  (104).* 

26.  Appendicitis  and  typhlitis  (108). 

27.  Hernia,  inte.stinal  obstruction  (109). 

28.  Cirrhosis  of  the  liver  (113).* 

29.  Acute  nephritis  and  Bright's  disease  (119,  120). 

30.  Noncancerous  tumors  and  other  diseases  of  the  female  genital  organs  (128,  129,  130,  131,  132). 

31.  Puerperal  septicemia  (puerperal  fever,  peritonitis)  (137).* 

32.  Other  puerperal  accidents  of  pregnancy  and  labor  (134,  135,  136,  138,  139,  140,  141).* 

33.  Congenital  debility  and  malformations  (150,  151). 

34.  Senility  (154). 

35.  Violent  deaths  (suicide  excepted)   (164,  165,  166,  167,  168,  169,  170,  171,  172,  173,  174,  175, 

176,  177,  178,  179,  180,  181,  182,  183,  184,  185,  186). 

36.  Suicide  (155,  156,  157,  158,  159,  160,  161,  162,  163).* 

37.  other  diseases  (20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  36,  37,  88,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56, 

57,  58,  59,  60,  62,  63,  66,  67,  68,  69,  70,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76,  77,  78,  80,  81,  82,  83,  81,  85, 
99,  100,  101,  105,  106,  107,  110,  111,  112,  114,  115,  116,  117,  118,  121,  122,  123,  124,  125, 
126,  127,  133,  142,  143,  144,  145,  146,  147,  148,  149,  152,  153). 

38.  Unknown  or  ill-defined  diseases  (187,  188,  189). 


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